Rovin 1946-1959 - Scurrile post-war dwarfs
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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. Rovin is one of them. Frenchman Robert de Rovin developed small cars that were popular in the post-war shortage economy. Several models were developed, but the competition was too fierce.
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In his engineering office in Paris, Robert de Rovin was already working on the development of small cars before the war. For such cars, the post-war economy of scarcity was a great opportunity. In 1945, there was a prototype for a doorless, rounded microcar with sweeping fenders, independent suspension and an air-cooled single-cylinder rear engine: France's five-year plan favored existing car manufacturers for the allocation of raw materials on the one hand, and the new category of low-powered motocars on the other. By acquiring a majority shareholding in the struggling Delaunay-Belleville car factory in Paris-St. Denis at the beginning of 1947, de Rovin secured himself greater room for maneuver.
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