Lacoste & Battmann
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Founder | Jacques Lacoste |
| Defunct | 1913 |
| Headquarters | Paris , France |
| Products | Automobiles, chassis |
Lacoste & Battmann, alternatively known as Lacoste et Battmann, was a French car manufacturer headquartered in Paris, active between 1897 and 1913.
Company history
The enterprise was established by Jacques Lacoste in 1897 under the name J. Lacoste et Cie. It underwent a rebranding to Lacoste & Battmann in 1901 and later became Lacoste & Battmann Ltd in 1905. The firm produced a limited series of complete automobiles under its own brand as well as under the names Cupelle (introduced in 1905) and L & B.
Its primary focus lay in delivering finished chassis fitted with engines from suppliers such as Aster, De Dion-Bouton, or Mutel to various other manufacturers. These included companies like Gamage, Horley Motor & Engineering Co. Ltd (which marketed vehicles as Horley and No Name), Imperial, Jackson, Lacoba, E. H. Lancaster, Napoleon, Regal, Simplicia, and Speedwell Motor & Engineering. These clients would then add their own bodywork to the chassis and offer the vehicles under their respective brands.
The company discontinued production in 1913.
Vehicles
- 1897: Quadricycle rated at 4 CV (4 horsepower) featuring electric ignition
- 1903: Models powered by De Dion-Bouton engines including a 6 CV single-cylinder and a 12 CV two-cylinder; also a 24 CV four-cylinder engine supplied by Mutel
- 1904: Single-cylinder vehicle with a displacement of 700 cm3
- 1905: Lineup consisting of single-cylinder cars; two-cylinder models producing 10 CV with a 2000 cm3 engine; and four-cylinder variants with capacities of 2500, 3300, and 4900 cm3, utilizing engines from Aster and De Dion-Bouton
- 1906: Models rated at 12/16 CV
- 1907: Range included one-, two-, and four-cylinder vehicles delivering between 4.5 and 24 CV; electric-powered cars were also offered
- 1910: Four-cylinder automobile equipped with an Aster engine displacing 1800 cm3