Billeter & Cartier

Billeter & Cartier
IndustryAutomotive
Founder1919
Defunct1935
Headquarters
Lyon
,
France

Billeter & Cartier was a French coachbuilding company.[1]

History

Bugatti Type 55 with bodywork by Billeter & Cartier

The company was founded in Lyon in 1919. In the same year, the production of car bodies began. A license was taken over from Gustave Baehr, but not all bodies were built under Baehr's license. Limousine and torpedo bodies are mentioned. Most of the chassis came from the local manufacturers Berliet and especially Rochet-Schneider. In addition, some bodies were made for Renault and Bugatti.[citation needed]

Hispano-Suiza H6B with bodywork by Billeter & Cartier

In the 1930s, Berliet and Rochet-Schneider reduced their range of passenger cars. Production ended in 1935.[citation needed]

Preserved vehicles

A Bugatti Type 55 from 1932 with a body by Billeter & Cartier has been preserved.[2][3]

A Rochet-Schneider from 1929 was auctioned in 2008 for 103,500 euros.[4]

Another Rochet-Schneider from 1930 was offered at auction on July 1, 2021.[5]

Literature

  • George Nicholas Georgano:  Routledge, New York 2001, ISBN 1-57958-367-9, S. 91 (English).

References

  1. ^ Georgano, G. N.; Montagu of Beaulieu, Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, eds. (2001). The Beaulieu encyclopedia of the automobile. Coachbuilding. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57958-367-5.
  2. ^ Daniel Vaughan: 1932 Bugatti Type 55 Cabriolet / 55206 Vehicle Information Auf conceptcarz.com vom November 2012, retrieved 12 June 2021 .
  3. ^ Daniel Vaughan: 1932 Bugatti Type 55 Auf conceptcarz.com vom April 2020, retrieved 12 June 2021 .
  4. ^ Originally the property of Sir Stanley Ward, British Consul in Cannes, 1929 Rochet-Schneider 20hp Type 2900 Saloon Auf bonhams.com 9 February 2008, retrieved 12 June 2021 (English and French).
  5. ^ Rochet-Schneider Limousine 26-Six Auf jwaclassic.com, retrieved 12 June 2021 .