Turcat-Méry

Automobiles Turcat - Méry SA was a French manufacturer of automobiles.

Company History

1897 founded Turcat Léon and his brother Simon Méry in Marseille, the Société des Ateliers de Constructions d' Automobiles Turcat, Méry et Cie. De Dietrich was from 1902 licensees. In 1921 it was renamed Automobiles Turcat - Méry SA. Louis Mouren took over the company in 1926. 1928 production ended.

Rolling stock

In 1899, the first car. It was equipped with a four cylinder engine with 2600 cc capacity. 1901 was followed by a two-cylinder model. 1907 appeared the first six-cylinder model with 10,200 cc. Until the First World War, exclusively developed four-cylinder models. The motors possessed either 2600, 3300, 4100, 4700 or 6300 cc capacity.

After 1918, smaller models were produced. First, a vehicle appeared in pre-war design with a four-cylinder engine, 2977 cc displacement and side valves. 1923 added a more modern four-cylinder engine with 2848 cc capacity and OHC valve control the range. There was a comparable engine with 2388 cc capacity.

Louis went Mouren 1926 to use motors from other manufacturers. To select initially on four-cylinder engines of CIME 1200 cc and SCAP ³ 1614 cm displacement. 1927 supplemented a six-cylinder engine of 1215 cc capacity with CIME and side valves and an eight-cylinder inline engine of SCAP with 2340 cc and overhead valve valve control the range.

Motor sport

The vehicles made ​​in 1903 at the Paris-Madrid race the 9th Place and in 1904 the Gordon Bennett race with the driver Henri Louis Rougier 3rd place. Also Rougier won with a 24 CV, the first Monte Carlo Rally. Rougier 1921 reached the 2nd place at Circuit de Corse ahead of three other Turcat - Méry race car.

A car of this brand is on display at the Musée de l'Automobile de Valençay Valençay.