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Rochet-Schneider
Rochet-Schneider was a French company, based in Lyons, that produced automobiles between 1894 and 1932. The Rochet-Schneider sales slogan was "strength, simplicity and silence".
Like other motorcars of the Brass Era, the cars made by Rochet-Schneider were largely intended for wealthy hobbyists and made use of brass fittings, pattern leather, hand-crafted wood and other expensive components.
Early period.
Edouard Rochet and his father were bicycle manufacturers before entering motorcar production. In 1894
-valve engine: wheelbase priced at 55,000 francs
- Rochet-Schneider 18CV 4-cylinder side-valve engine: wheelbase priced at 50,000 francs
- Rochet-Schneider 20CV 6-cylinder side-valve engine: wheelbase priced at 79,000 francs
- Rochet-Schneider 30CV 6-cylinder side-valve engine: wheelbase priced at 67,000 francs
From the mid-1920s onwards the company placed growing emphasis on commercial vehicles although passenger cars were still being sold and still being exhibited on the manufacturer's stand at the 25th Paris Motor Show in October 1931, the