Personenauto

Piccard-Pictet Pic-Pic, Typ R2

Dating

1919

Persons

Pic-Pic (Piccard, Pictet & Cie SA), Hersteller/in

Description

offener Sechsplätzer mit Verdeck, 3 Türen, Reserverad auf rechter Wagenseite, 2 Notsitze im Fonds, Ballhupe am Windschutzscheiben-Rahmen, keine Chassis-Nr., Motor-Nr. 2224, Bohrung: 85mm, Hub: 130mm, Schieber-Motor-System (Argyll MacCollum), Hülsenschieber ohne Ventile, 4-Gang-Getriebe, Kardan-Antrieb, Fuss- und Handbremse auf die Hinterräder, Unfall 1984 (Schaden wurde von der Carrosserie Langenthal und Hahn & Söhne, Kriens behoben)

Signature / Inscription

Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: "PicPic"

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Material / Technique

Metall, Holz, Leder

Dimensions

467 x 175 x 198 cm 1600 kg

Inventory number

VHS-3044

Legend

Pic-Pic R2 Switzerland 1919 Turbines and external orders Paul Piccard and Lucien Pictet join forces in 1895. Piccard is running a factory producing hydro-turbines in Geneva. In 1906 they are assembling automobiles on behalf of SAG (Societé d’Automobiles à Genève). After SAG is disbanded in 1910, Piccard & Pictet continue producing under their own name “Pic-Pic” and they develop their own model range. Good business development in wartime During World War I, the company flourishes, employing up to 7,500 workers. But 1919, the first post-war year, brings a sobering decline for the factory. Already in 1922, the Geneva company presents its last exhibit at the motor show. Low-noise engine and robust construction The valveless engine of the Pic-Pic is particularly quiet. The excellent quality at a correspondingly high price is compared with that of the Rolls-Royce. A number of Pic-Pics serve the Swiss Army into the 1930s as staff cars.