Maximag
Maximag was the name of a Swiss automobile, produced by Motosacoche, based at Carouge, a suburb of Geneva, from 1923 till 1928. From 1924 the cars were also assembled in Lyon which enabled them to be sold in France without being penalized by the tariff barriers that separated the national markets of the two countries in question.
Maximag
- Name
- Maximag
- Founded
- 1922
- Headquarters
- Carouge
- Activity
- automobile manufacturer
- Dissolved
- 1928
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Maximag was the name of a Swiss automobile, produced by Motosacoche, based at Carouge, a suburb of Geneva, from 1923 till 1928. From 1924 the cars were also assembled in Lyon which enabled them to be sold in France without being penalized by the tariff barriers that separated the national markets of the two countries in question.
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Key facts
• Name — Maximag • Founded — 1923 (as an automobile manufacturer) • Defunct — 1928 • Hq Location City — Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland Lyon, France • Industry — Manufacturing • Products — Automobiles
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Cars
The manufacturer took at stand at the 19th Paris Motor Show in October 1924 and exhibited a sporty "voiturette" style car powered by a 4-cylinder 1095cc side-valve engine with a cylinder bore of 59 mm, which placed it in the 7HP tax band. The car sat on a 2400 mm wheelbase and was priced by Maximag at 14,850 francs when fitted with a small 2-seater "torpedo" body. The same car was on display two years later at the 20th Paris Motor Show in October 1926. Engine displacement and wheelbase were unchanged but now, in addition to the sportily styled "torpedo" body, the car was available with what was listed as a 2-door "conduite intérieure" body. ("Conduite intérieure" was a slightly old-fashioned and upmarket designation, inherited from the horse-drawn carriage business, for what in this context was a small conventionally boxy saloon/sedan.)
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1922
Maximag established.
1922
Maximag is recorded from 1922.
1922
Maximag was established or created on 1 January 1922.
1928
Maximag ceased.
1928
Maximag was dissolved or ceased on 1 January 1928.
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Context
The circumstances in which Maximag stands. Established or created on 1 January 1922. Dissolved or ceased on 1 January 1928. Recorded as automobile manufacturer. Maximag operates in automobile manufacturer. Maximag has its headquarters at Carouge.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1913859: Maximag
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- “Maximag”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Georgano, Nick. The Complete Encyclopaedia of Motorcars 1885-1968. George Rainbird Ltd for Ebury Press Limited. 373. 1968.
- 2.Histoire & collections. Toutes les Voitures Françaises 1927 (Salon [Paris, Oct] 1926). 78s. 73. 2006.
- 3.Histoire & collections. Toutes les Voitures Françaises 1925 (Salon [Paris, Oct] 1924). 72s. 73. 2005.
- 4.There was no "Salon de l'Automobile" in 1925 due to the venue having been allocated to an Exhibition of Decorative Arts.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Harald Linz, Halwart Schrader: Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie. United Soft Media Verlag, München 2008, . (German)
- George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P–Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, . (English)
- George Nick Georgano: Autos. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
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