De Bazelaire was a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 car plant established in the Rue Gager-Gabillot area in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, The make existed from 1907 to 1923. The cars were intended for racing, But were built with a luxury look.

History

The car first appeared on a race track on July 1908 in the Coupe de l'auto race, The engine had a capacity of 1460 cc and delivered 22 bhp at 1800 rpm. The top speed of the car was 59 mph, Models with a six-cylinder engine were built during the 1910s. After World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, De Bazelaire manufactured cars with a 2.1 litre S.C.A.P. engine, This did not attract a lot of buyers.

• De Bazelaire model(s)
  • De Bazelaire10CV (1910)

External links

• Coupe de l'auto 1908 information: http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/genealogy/Boulton/Chapter2/part4.htm
• http://www.supercars.net/cars/1991.html