Turcat-Méry [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Turcat-Méry
Turcat-Méry was a French motor manufacturer from 1899 until 1928. It is now celebrated as the marque that won the inaugural Monte Carlo Rally, but in its prime it was also known for Grand Prix racing and for producing "The Car of the Connoisseur". Prior to World War I it was closely associated with the Lorraine-Dietrich company.
History.
In 1895 Alphonse Méry of Marseille bought a Panhard et Levassor and a Peugeot. His younger brother Simon Méry and his brother in law
and Rougier was among the nine who left Paris to cover a route.
The event was won by Henri Rougier in a Turcat-Méry 25 Hp. The rally comprised both driving and then somewhat arbitrary judging based on the elegance of the car, passenger comfort and the condition in which it arrived in the principality. The outcry of scandal when the results were published changed nothing, so Rougier was proclaimed the first winner.
Motoring Motor manufacture.
The Turcat-Méry motor manufacturing business began in 1895 when Alphonse Méry of