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Lorraine-Dietrich 1905-1935 - Three phases

Name: Lorraine 20 CV Coach 1932
Brand: Lorraine

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Created in 2012

Text:

Roger Gloor

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

Bonhams

Artcurial

Courtesy Goodwood FoS 2016

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Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

Bonhams

Artcurial

Courtesy Goodwood FoS 2016

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Lorraine 20 CV Coach, 1932 (6 cylinders, 4086 cm3, 90 hp)

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Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 Le Mans Torpédo Sport (1925) - as lot 21 at the Bonhams auction Chantilly 2015

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Lorraine-Dietrich (1906) - Fuel stop at the GP de l'ACF in Le Mans

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Lorraine-Dietrich (1906) - Gabriel and Rougier before the start of the GP de l'ACF in Le Mans

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Gabriel on the Lorraine-Dietrich at the GP de l'ACF in 1906 in Le Mans

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Le Mans 1923 - two Excelsior Albert 1s (numbers 1 and 2) and a Lorraine-Dietrich (right with number 5) on the start-finish straight...

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Lorraine Dietrich "Vieux Charles III (1912) - with a displacement of 15.1 liters, divided into four cylinders

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Lorraine-Dietrich CFQ-40 CV (1908) - with racing car body in the special show - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2014

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Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 (1925) - with limousine body in the special show - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2014

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Lorraine Dietrich B36 torpédo Grummer () - Barn find of the century - Baillon collection - as lot 45 at the Artcurial auction at the Rétromobile on February 6, 2015

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Lorraine Dietrich B3-6 Le Mans (1925) at the Mille Miglia 2013

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Lorraine Dietrich B3-6 (1925) - participant in the race for the Brookland Trophy at the Goodwood Revival 2012

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Lorraine-Deitrich B3-6 Tropedo Sport (1927) - offered as lot 387 at the Artcurial Rétromobile auction on February 8, 2013

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of them is Lorraine-Dietrich. Starting with the De Dietrich railroad carriage factory in Lorraine (Lorraine), which manufactured cars under license, through Lorraine-Dietrich, which also designed aircraft engines, to Lorraine, so called because the De-Dietrich family had left the company. After their exit, the production of cars was abandoned in favor of other goods to be produced, as there were few buyers for the new models.

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This brand changed from De Dietrich to Lorraine-Dietrich to Lorraine. In 1897, the De Dietrich railroad carriage factory in Lunéville, Lorraine (= Lorraine, German Empire) began to manufacture cars under various licenses. Ettore Bugatti worked as a designer from 1902 to 1904. In 1905, the name Lorraine-Dietrich was introduced with the Lorraine double cross as the logo. The company successfully focused on racing cars with displacements of up to 17 liters and on the luxury class. Isotta Fraschini was briefly taken over in 1907. With automobile production now concentrated in Argenteuil, Seine-et-Oise, four-cylinder models with a displacement of 2 to 8.3 liters (40 CV) and an output of up to 85 hp were produced until 1914. Aircraft engines were also constructed.

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