Cognet de Seynes
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The Cognet de Seynes was a French automobile manufactured in Lyon from 1912 until 1926. The company was formed by financial backer Edouard de Seynes (1881-1957) and engineer Victor Cognet.
The first car was built in 1912 and had a 1124 cc four cylinder engine with 3 speed gearbox. With four seat tourer body the car was said to be able to reach 55 km/h.
During World War 1 the company made aero engine parts for Anzani. New owners took over in 1920 and production of the pre-war design with only minor updating restarted with plans to make 300 cars a year but this did not happen. Edouard de Seynes took back control and settled down to a production rate of about 30 cars a year. The last cars were made in 1926 when the company closed being unable to compete with the volume manufacturers.
[edit] Reference
David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.
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