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| 1949 Hotchkiss 864 Artois S49, Tour Auto 2017 |
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Hotchkiss et cie, Saint Denis, Paris, France. Hotchkiss was originally an arms and munitions manufacturer founded by an American ordnance engineer called Benjamin Hotchkiss. After he died, the company produced car parts, car engines and then eventually whole cars. The 864 Artois was based on a pre-war model and was sold in the late forties and early fifties. It was a 4 door sedan with a 2.3 litres 4 cylinder front mounted engine and rear wheel drive. Top speed was around 75 mph. As a sporting marque Hotchkiss won the Monte Carlo Rally a number of times in the early thirties. They also raced at Brooklands and Montlhery. After the war they again competed in the Monte Carlo (winning in 1949 and 1950) and the Tour de France Automobile. Eventually the marque was swallowed up by Delahaye. In 2017 Maxime Lepissier and Bruno de la Villesbrunne drove this car in the regularity section of the Tour Auto Optic 2000.
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