Jeantaud

The Jeantaud was a French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1893 until 1906. It was the brainchild of Charles Jeantaud, a coachbuilder who built his first electric carriage in 1881. Among the vehicles he constructed was the first car to set a land speed record (convert|39.24|mi/h|km/h|2|abbr=on, driven by Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat), as well as coupes and hansom cabs; in these the driver sat high, and to the rear. Some cars had an unusual bevel-gear front-wheel-drive layout. From 1902 to 1904, Jeantaud offered a range of gas-engined cars similar to 1898 Panhards.

References

David Burgess Wise, "The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles"

External links

* [http://www.thrustssc.com/thrustssc/History/Jeantaud.html Picture of an Jeantaud]
* [http://users.skynet.be/tintinpassion/VOIRSAVOIR/Auto/Pages_auto/Auto_040.html Drawning of an Phaëton électrique de Jeantaud]