Lacoste & Battmann

Lacoste & Battmann, Lacoste et Battmann, was a French manufacturer of automobiles, based in Paris, from 1897 until 1913.^[1][2][3][4]

Company history

Jacques Lacoste founded the company J. Lacoste et Cie in Paris in 1897 for automobile production. In 1901 the name was changed to Lacoste & Battmann and 1905 in Lacoste & Battmann Ltd.

The company sold limited numbers of finished vehicles under its own name, and via its own marques: Cupelle (1905) and L & B. In addition finished chassis, equipped with Aster, De Dion-Bouton or Mutel engines,^[4][5] were supplied to competing companies such as : Gamage, Horley Motor & Engineering Co. Ltd (sold as Horley and No Name), Imperial, Jackson, Lacoba, E. H. Lancaster, Napoleon, Regal, Simplicia and Speedwell Motor & Engineering, which completed the chassis and bodywork to offer complete cars under their own names.^[2][3][4]

Production ended in 1913.^{[2] [3]}

Vehicles

• 1897: 4 CV (4 hp) quadricycle with electric ignition.^[3]
• 1903: 6 CV single-cylinder and 12 CV two-cylinder built -in engine from De Dion-Bouton as well as 24 CV four-cylinder engine from Mutel.^[3]
• 1904: Single cylinder model with a displacement of 700 cm³
• 1905: single-cylinder models, 10 CV two-cylinder with 2000 cm³ displacement and four-cylinder models with 2500 cm³, 3300 cm³ and 4900 cm³ displacement; Engines from Aster and De Dion-Bouton
• 1906: 12/16 CV
• 1907: One-, two- and four-cylinder models from 4.5 CV to 24 CV as well as electric cars
• 1910: Four-cylinder model with a displacement of 1800 cm³, Aster engine

References

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