Friday, November 30, 2007

1903 De Dion-Bouton

In 1900, de Dion-Bouton was one of the largest automobile manufacturer in the world producing 400 cars and 3200 engines that year. The company soon began producing engines and licenses for other automobile companies with an estimate of 150 makes using them. A factory was opened in Brooklyn, New York in 1900 making De Dion cars.
Multi cylinder models were added in 1903 with the two cylinder 1728 cc Type S, followed in 1904 by the four cylinder 2545 cc Type AD.