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Amilcar C6 - Grand Prix car for the road

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Created on November 12, 2021

Reading time 5min

Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

Bonhams

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Zoute Grand Prix

Archiv Hermann Schwarz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Bonhams

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Zoute Grand Prix

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - fast so teuer wie ein Bugatti Typ 35A damals

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - der Auspuff führt praktisch ohne Dämpfung nach hinten

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - weniger als 600 kg schwer

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - steht da fast wie damals

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - wunderschöner Vorkriegs-Rennwagen für die Strasse

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - knapp über 1,2 Meter breit

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - 197 km/h wurden damals mit 75 PS erreicht

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - allzuviel Komfort sollte man nicht erwarten

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - das Vorderrad hat man immer im Auge

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - hält auch heute noch locker mit im Strassenverkehr

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - eine Heizung gibt es natürlich nicht

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - kompakte Ausmasse, auch in der Breite

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Wind und Wetter ausgesetzt

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - die Strassen- und die Rennversion unterschieden sich nur in Details

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - wunderschöne Farbkombination

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - den Klang muss man sich leider dazu denken

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - zeigte den meisten Konkurrenten damals das Heck

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - knapper Platz für zwei Personen, mehr nicht

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - lief damals deutlich über 160 km/h

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - minimales Gewicht und Komfort

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Starrachsen vorne und hinten im Stil der Zeit

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Blick unter die Haube

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - längs eingebauter Reihen-Sechszylinder mit Kompressor

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - zwei obenliegende Nockenwellen

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Amilcar-Schriftzug auf dem Motor

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - schön gestaltete Beschriftung auf dem Nockenwellen-Deckel

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Armaturenbrett mit Ki-Gas-Benzin-Pumpe

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Jaeger-Drehzahlmesser

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - freistehende Räder ohne Kotflügel

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Zentralnaben mit Beschriftung, auf welcher Seite sie zu montieren sind

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Trommelbremsen hinten und vorne

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Blattfederpaket der Hinterachse

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Kleinversion und Original zusammen

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Amilcar CG (1930) - An einem Amilcar gibt es immer etwas zu schreiben - Vierzylinder-Modell

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Amilcar C6 (1930) - Engelbert Graf Arco v. Zinneberg am Gaisbergrennen 1930

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Amilcar im Jahr 1928 - Werbung - Geschlossene Mitteklassewagen

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - bereit für die nächste Fahrt

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - beim Einstieg lieber den Auspuff nicht berühren

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - ein technisches Kunstwerk

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Technik appetitlich gezeigt

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - eine automobile Skulptur

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Amilcar C6 C0 Voiturette (1928) - am Bonhams Paris Sale 2012 nicht verkauft, Höchstangebot € 430000 (Lot 220)

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - am Klausenrennen 2013 in der Gleichmässigkeitswertung

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Amilcar C6 Voiturette (1927) - angeboten als Lot 348 an der Bonhams Goodwood Revival Versteigerung 2015

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Amilcar C6 Voiturette (1927) - angeboten als Lot 349 an der Bonhams Goodwood Revival Versteigerung 2015

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Bergrennen Ollon-Villars 2017

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Klasse A-1 - Concours d'Elégance Suisse in Coppet 2018

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Reihensechszylindermotor des Amilcar C6 (1927) - Klasse A-1 - Concours d'Elégance Suisse in Coppet 2018

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Blick unter die Haube des Amilcar C6 (1927) - Klasse A-1 - Concours d'Elégance Suisse in Coppet 2018

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Amilcar C6 (1926) - Bergrennen Ollon-Villars 2017

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Amilcar C6 (1926) in der Gruppe der Vorkriegsrennwagen bis 1945 am Grand Prix Suisse Berne Memorial 2018

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Amilcar C6 (1926) - in der Kategorie "Corso" am Memorial Bergrennen Opfertshofen "Rendezvous am Kleinen Klausen" 2021

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Amilcar C6 von 1926 in der Garage - OTM Fribourg 2016

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Blick auf das Herzstück, der Reihen-Sechszylinder des Amilcar C6 - OTM Fribourg 2016

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - Internationaler Edelweiss Bergpreis Rossfeld 2018

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Amilcar C6 (1927) - nur tönen durfte er nicht - Rétromobile Paris 2020

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Amilcar C6 (1928) - beim GP Historique de Monaco 2021 in der Serie A (Pre-war Grand Prix cars and Voiturettes)

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Amilcar C6 (1930) – Gewinner des Preises "Best Preserved Car" beim Zoute Concours d'Élégance

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Summary

In the 1920s, a sleek sports car called the Amilcar C6 was built in Paris. Thanks to its powerful in-line six-cylinder engine with two overhead camshafts and supercharger, it could compete with the fastest cars and was essentially a Grand Prix car in disguise. Only a few examples could be built at the price for which you could have bought a Bugatti Type 35A. This makes it all the more appealing to come across one of these rare two-seaters. This vehicle report tells the short history of the Amilcar C6 and shows a surviving example in many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Racing victories as the goal
From 4 to 6 cylinders
For the private racing driver
Technical gem
Quel bruit!
One of around 55 built
From racing to luxury

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When four people think alike, great things can happen. And so it was in 1919 when Emile Akar, Joseph Lamy, Edmont Moyet and André Morcel met for the first time. Akar and Lamy had the money and, coincidentally, a car factory, while Moyet and Morcel had the ideas and, above all, the thirst for racing victories. The name was quickly found; it was made up of the surnames of the investors (Akar and Lamy), if you moved the letters around correctly. The two prototypes were so well received that the decision was made to go into series production, and the first CC production cars were completed on the Rue du Chemin Vert as early as 1921, with a four-cylinder engine with 904 cm3 and 18 hp. This was enough for 80 km/h and, thanks to the low price, for many interested buyers, so that soon five cars a day could be built.

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