Hotchkiss Grégoire
The Grégoire is a luxury car produced from 1950 to 1954 by the French automaker Hotchkiss. Only about 247 were produced, with serial numbers 500 to 747. The Grégoire was a modern-looking four-door saloon.
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Hotchkiss Grégoire
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- Hotchkiss Grégoire
- Founded
- 1950
- Headquarters
- Saint-Denis
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The Grégoire is a luxury car produced from 1950 to 1954 by the French automaker Hotchkiss. Only about 247 were produced, with serial numbers 500 to 747. The Grégoire was a modern-looking four-door saloon.
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Reportedly as a response to disappointing sales for the saloon, special-bodied coach-built coupé and cabriolet versions also appeared at the 1952 Paris Motor Show, including a streamlined Grégoire-based coupé with an eye-catching 'panoramic' rear window bodied by the coachbuilder Henri Chapron. For more than thirty years, each new Hotchkiss had represented a gentle evolution from the previous model. The car carried the name of its designer, Jean-Albert Grégoire, a man who had made his name in the 1930s as a car designer, with experience in designing front-wheel-drive cars, and a man who had spent much time during the war working on the application of aluminium to car production. Directly after the war, with European demand for war planes abruptly curtailed, the recently developed aluminium industry found opportunities in the more radical designs coming out of the automotive sector, and the Hotchkiss Grégoire was notable for its lightweight chassis, which incorporated much aluminium. The car also featured a new 2180 cc horizontal boxer water-cooled four-cylinder engine capable of delivering a claimed 70 or, from 1952, 75 HP. The flat-four engine permitted a low bonnet/hood line but was fitted well forward which enforced an extensive front overhang. The gear box was a four-speed unit with synchromesh on the upper three ratios and overdrive on the fourth. The Grégoire’s commercial performance was affected by the company's 30-year record of producing worthy but conservative saloons. High development costs had to be amortised over the number of cars sold, and the low sales level led to a high retail price which, in turn, depressed sales further. At the 1952 Paris Motor Show, it was obvious that several French luxury auto-makers like Delahaye clearly were in trouble. It was noted that for the Grégoire, despite its upmarket aspirations, the company was only able to distribute a very skimpy brochure, provided without any colour pictures.
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Key facts
• Name — Hotchkiss Grégoire • Manufacturer — Hotchkiss • Class — luxury saloon • Body Style — 4-door sedan • Engine — 2180 cc H4 • Production — 1950–1953 247 produced • Layout — FF layout • Predecessor — Hotchkiss Artois • Wheelbase — 2500 mm • Length — 4650 mm • Width — 1700 mm • Height — 1520 mm
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1520
Hotchkiss Grégoire is recorded with a height of 1520.
1700
Hotchkiss Grégoire is recorded with a width of 1700.
1950
Hotchkiss Grégoire established.
1950
Hotchkiss Grégoire is recorded from 1950.
1950
Hotchkiss Grégoire was established or created on 1 January 1950.
1954
Hotchkiss Grégoire ceased.
1954
Hotchkiss Grégoire was dissolved or ceased on 1 January 1954.
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