Darracq Motor Engineering Company
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Darracq Motor Engineering Company Limited was incorporated by A Darracq and Company (1905) Limited in 1916[1] to take over their assets: 150 Bond Street showrooms, warehouses, service garages etc., located in Britain[2] including their Fulham, London Works, at that time making munitions, aircraft and components such as propellors and under the wartime control of the Royal Aircraft Factory.
Darracq Motor Engineering Company also took ownership of the Darracq land in France on which that Suresnes plant was situated and leased it to Société Anonyme Darracq.[2]
In peacetime the Fulham Works made motor car bodies for Darracq and later for Clément-Talbot.[3]
Société Anonyme Darracq
Simultaneously a company named Société Anonyme Darracq was incorporated in France to hold all the French assets of A Darracq and Company (1905) Limited.[2]
A Darracq and Company (1905) was then reduced to a company holding shares in the French and the British companies.[2]
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S T D Motors
Under the ownership of the S T D Motors group Darracq Motor Engineering made bodies for other group products and assembled components. It imported and retailed Darracq and SA Talbot cars imported from France for sale in Britain and branded them Darracq or Talbot-Darracq.[4]
Cars manufactured in Suresnes, Paris (1919–1938)
- badged Darracq and Talbot Darracq for sale in Britain
- Information assembled from The Autocar Buyer's Guide and published in Appendix V, Ian Nickols and Kent Karslake, Motoring Entente, Cassell, London 1956
| name | cyl's | disp | bore /
stroke |
tax
hp |
bhp | speeds | wheelbase | track | years
in production |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16
V14 |
4 | 2938 | 85 x 130 | 17.9 | — | 4 | 129 in (3,277 mm) | 51 in (1,295 mm) | 1920, 1922 |
| 16
M67 |
4 | 1999 | 67 x 94.5 | 16.7 | — | 4 | 127 in (3,226 mm) | 54 in (1,372 mm) | 1928 |
| 16
M67 |
4 | 1999 | 67 x 94.5 | 16.7 | — | 4 | 127 in (3,226 mm) | 55 in (1,397 mm) | 1929-1930 |
| 16
M67 |
4 | 1999 | 67 x 94.5 | 16.7 | — | 4 | 126 in (3,200 mm) | 57 in (1,448 mm) | 1932 |
| 16
M67 |
4 | 1999 | 67 x 94.5 | 16.7 | — | 4 | 117 in (2,972 mm) | 55 in (1,397 mm) | 1933 |
| 16
L67 |
4 | 1999 | 67 x 94.5 | 16.7 | — | 4 | 117 in (2,972 mm) | 57 in (1,448 mm) | 1934 |
| 20
A |
V8 | 4594 | 75 x 130 | 27.9 | — | 4 | 138 in (3,505 mm) | 53 in (1,346 mm) | 1920-1921 |
| 20
K74 |
6 | 2440 | 74 x 94.5 | 20.4 | — | 4 | 127 in (3,226 mm) | 55 in (1,397 mm) | 1929-1930 |
| 20
T |
6 | 2916 | 75 x 110 | 20.9 | — | 4 | 136.5 in (3,467 mm) | 55 in (1,397 mm) | 1929-1930 |
| 20 | 6 | 2504 | 75 x 94.5 | 20.9 | — | 4 | 126 in (3,200 mm) | 57 in (1,448 mm) | 1932 |
| 20 | 6 | 2504 | 75 x 94.5 | 20.9 | — | 4 | 117 in (2,972 mm) | 57 in (1,448 mm) | 1933-1934 |
| 14 | 4 | 2297 | 75 x 130 | 14 | — | 4 | 129 in (3,277 mm) | 51 in (1,295 mm) | 1921 |
| 8 | 4 | 970 | 57 x 95 | 8 | — | 3 | 96 in (2,438 mm) | 47 in (1,194 mm) | 1922 |
| 12 | 4 | 1460 | 65 x 110 | 10.5 | — | 3 | 118 in (2,997 mm) | 49 in (1,245 mm) | 1922 |
| 27.9
A |
V8 | 4594 | 75 x 130 | 27.9 | — | 4 | 138 in (3,505 mm) | 53 in (1,346 mm) | 1922 |
| 8/18 | 4 | 970 | 57 x 95 | 8 | — | 3 | 97 in (2,464 mm) | 47 in (1,194 mm) | 1923 |
| 12/32
DC |
4 | 1598 | 68 x 110 | 11.5 | — | 3 | 118 in (2,997 mm) | 49 in (1,245 mm) | 1923 |
| 12/32
DC |
4 | 1598 | 68 x 110 | 11.5 | — | 3 | 118 in (2,997 mm) | 53 in (1,346 mm) | 1924-1926 |
| 18/36 | 4 | 2938 | 85 x 130 | 17.9 | — | 4 | 129 in (3,277 mm) | 51 in (1,295 mm) | 1923 |
| 20/40 | 4 | 3230 | 89 x 130 | 19.6 | — | 4 | 129 in (3,277 mm) | 51 in (1,295 mm) | 1923 |
| 28/70 | V8 | 4594 | 75 x 130 | 27.9 | — | 4 | 138 in (3,505 mm) | 53 in (1,346 mm) | 1923 |
| 15/40
DS |
4 | 2121 | 75 x 120 | 14 | — | 3 | 126 in (3,200 mm) | 53 in (1,346 mm) | 1924-1925 |
| 15/40 | 4 | 2294 | 78 x 120 | 15.9 | — | 3 | 118 in (2,997 mm) | 53 in (1,346 mm) | 1926-1927 |
| 17/75 | 6 | 2540 | 70 x110 | 18.2 | — | 3 / 4 | 132 in (3,353 mm) | 55 in (1,397 mm) | 1926-1927 |
| 12/40 | 4 | 1669 | 69.5 x 110 | 12 | — | 4 | 123 in (3,124 mm) | 53 in (1,346 mm) | 1927–1928 |
| 20/98 | 6 | 2916 | 75 x 110 | 20.9 | — | 4 | 131 in (3,327 mm) | 55 in (1,397 mm) | 1927–1928 |
| 30 | St8 | 3823 | 78 x 100 | 30.2 | — | 4 | 143 in (3,632 mm) | 55 in (1,397 mm) | 1930 |
| 30 | St8 | 3823 | 78 x 100 | 30.2 | — | 4 | 143 in (3,632 mm) | 57 in (1,448 mm) | 1932-1933 |
| 16.7 | 6 | 1999 | 67 x 94.5 | 16.7 | — | 4 | 127 in (3,226 mm) | 55 in (1,397 mm) | 1936–1936 |
| 20.9 | 6 | 2504 | 75 x 94.5 | 20.9 | — | 4 | 124 in (3,150 mm) | 57 in (1,448 mm) | 1931 |
| 22.6 | 6 | 2866 | 78 x 100 | 22.6 | — | 4 | 134 in (3,404 mm) | 57 in (1,448 mm) | 1931 |
| 30.1 | St8 | 3823 | 78 x 100 | 30.2 | — | 4 | 139 in (3,531 mm) | 57 in (1,448 mm) | 1931–1933 |
| 22 | 6 | 2866 | 78 x 100 | 22.6 | — | 4 | 126 in (3,200 mm) | 57 in (1,448 mm) | 1932 |
| 28 | 8 | 3563 | 75 x 100 | 27.9 | — | 4 | 124 in (3,150 mm) /
138 in (3,505 mm) |
57 in (1,448 mm) | 1934 |
Rootes
The Rootes brothers folded this business into Clément-Talbot's In January 1935 and it lost its separate identity.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Company Matters, Flight magazine, 23 November 1916
- 1 2 3 4 The Motor Transport Year Book and Directory Electrical Press, London, 1918
- ↑ S.T.D. Motors, Limited. (Incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1900.) The Times, Monday, Mar 10, 1924; pg. 20; Issue 43596
- ↑ Anthony Blight, Georges Roesch and the Invincible Talbot Grenville, London 1970
- ↑ S.T.D. Subsidiaries. The Times, Tuesday, Feb 12, 1935; pg. 21; Issue 46986
- ↑ S.T.D. Motors Report. The Times, Thursday, Feb 21, 1935; pg. 19; Issue 46994
External Links
- Talbot-Darracq 1921 models (from) Darracq Motor Engineering
- 1938 Darracq and Lago brochure issued by Darracq Motor Engineering
- 1939 Darracq and Lago brochure issued by Darracq Motor Engineering