Tracford

Tracford was a short lived French automobile manufacturing venture that lasted from 1933 to 1935.

In 1933, Louis Carle, a director of Ford (France), founded "Automobiles Tracford". An assembly plant was created in Gennevilliers (a suburb of Paris) for producing front wheel drive cars under this name, in direct competition with Citroën 's highly successful Traction avant model that appeared in 1934. The word is a portmanteau of "Trac" (referring to Traction avant and "Ford".)

The car used the side valve 933 cc, 8 hp engine seen in the Ford Model Y but turned round so the gearbox was at the front. Although the Ford transverse leaf springs were retained the front suspension was made independent. Two body styles were made; the Irlande a 2/3 seat sports model and the Mouette a 2 door saloon

Automobiles Tracford collapsed within two years.

See also

* Ford Société Anonyme Française
* Traction avant
* Front wheel drive