Lacoste & Battmann

Jacques Lacoste founded the company J. Lacoste et Cie in Paris in 1897 for automobile production. In 1901 the name was changed to Lacoste & Battmann and 1905 in Lacoste & Battmann Ltd. The company sold limited numbers of finished vehicles under its own name, and via its own marques: Cupelle (1905) and L & B. In addition finished chassis, equipped with Aster, De Dion-Bouton or Mutel engines, were supplied to competing companies such as: Gamage, Horley Motor & Engineering Co. Ltd (sold as Horley and No Name), Imperial, Jackson, Lacoba, E. H. Lancaster, Napoleon, Regal, Simplicia and Speedwell Motor & Engineering, which completed the chassis and bodywork to offer complete cars under their own names. Production ended in 1913.

• 1897: 4 CV (4 hp) quadricycle with electric ignition. • 1903: 6 CV single-cylinder and 12 CV two-cylinder built -in engine from De Dion-Bouton as well as 24 CV four-cylinder engine from Mutel. • 1904: Single cylinder model with a displacement of 700 cm 3 • 1905: single-cylinder models, 10 CV two-cylinder with 2000 cm 3 displacement and four-cylinder models with 2500 cm 3, 3300 cm 3 and 4900 cm 3 displacement; Engines from Aster and De Dion-Bouton • 1906: 12/16 CV • 1907: One-, two- and four-cylinder models from 4.5 CV to 24 CV as well as electric cars • 1910: Four-cylinder model with a displacement of 1800 cm 3, Aster engine