Hanzer Frères, Hanzer, was a French manufacturer of automobiles. The Petit-Ivry company of Ivry-sur-Seine began building automobiles in 1899. Production ended in 1903.[1][2][3]

1902 Hanzer in the collection of the "Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum"

Vehicles edit

1899 edit

In 1899 the first model produced was a tricycle.[1][2][3]

1900 edit

In 1900 they introduced a voiturette powered by a 3 Hp De Dion-Bouton engine.[1][2][3]

1901 edit

In 1901 both two and four-seater models were produced with 6 Hp engines from the Parisian builder Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster (Aster).[1][2][3]

1902 edit

In 1902 the Parisian Durey-Sohy (de: Durey-Sohy) company took over production.[1][2][3] A 1902 vehicle survives in the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum at Halland, East Sussex.[2] It is occasionally used in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.

1903 edit

In 1903 the range consisted of the 5 HP and 6 HP single-cylinder models and the 9 HP two-cylinder model.[1][2][3]

Literature edit

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: GO. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars. 1885 to the Present. Ebury, 1975.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia. United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g George Nick Georgano (Editor): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: GO. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
  3. ^ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano: The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars. 1885 to the Present. Ebury, 1975.