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Amilcar Compound - special case of a car without progenitor and successor

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Created on July 1, 1990

Reading time 11min

Written by:

Jan P. Norbye

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Amilcar Compound (1937) - Abbildung aus dem Verkaufsprospekt von 1937

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Amilcar Compound (1937) - 1937 wurde der Compound dem Publikum beim Musée de l'Homme in Paris zum ersten Mal vorgeführt

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Amilcar Compound (1937) - der Kleinwagen bei der Präsentation am Salon d'Automobile 1937

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - W. F. Bradley neben dem Compound — auf der grossen «Testexpeditionsfahrt» irgendwo in Syrien

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - Präsentation am Genfer Autosalon von 1938

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - Präsentation am Genfer Autosalon von 1938

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - Ein Compound 1938 mit Roadster-Karosserie

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - Antriebsaggregat und Vorderachse

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - Chassis und Frontmotor

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - Blick auf das gegossene Chassis und die Hinterradaufhängung

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - das Interieur des Ausstellungsfahrzeugs am Genfer Autosalon 1938

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Amilcar Compound (1937) - Skizze von oben und von der Seite

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - der imposante Kühler

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Amilcar Compound (1939) - Jean-Albert Gregoire beim Abstauben seines Amilcar Compound 1939

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Amilcar Compound (1939) - Inserat für den Kleinwagen im Jahre 1939

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Summary

Various car factories have brought real failures onto the market; think, for example, of Ford with its Edsel, Daimler with the Dart or Mercedes-Benz with the 130H. At the once renowned French brand Amilcar, we find the Compound, a full-grown cuckoo in the Amilcar nest. This article sheds light on the exceptional design and the reasons for its short career, supplemented by rare photos and two original brochures (!).

This article contains the following chapters

Strength of a bathtub
Only one buyer missing
Interested party Hotchkiss
The special feature as a lifeline
With an all too small engine
The search for more power
Chassis cast from Alpax
50% more expensive than the Traction
Successful proof of performance
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Estimated reading time: 11min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Various car factories have brought real failures onto the market; think, for example, of Ford with its Edsel, Daimler with the Dart or Mercedes-Benz with the 130H. At the once renowned French brand Amilcar, we find the Compound, a full-grown cuckoo in the Amilcar nest. First of all, it must be made clear that the people in charge at Amilcar had really lost their way in the jungle of the tough automotive business due to the repeated changes of ownership and the associated changes in sales policy.Furthermore, we need to know that the predecessor of the Compound, the Amilcar Pegase, was far more similar to the then La Licorne and Salmson than to the earlier Amilcar.

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