Licorne Automobiles grew out of a Company founded by J. Corre in 1901. The company started production with motor tricycles and quadricycles, and then produced cars powered by Ballot, Scap, De Dion Bouton, and Chapuis Dornier. In 1907 the name was changed to Corre-La Licorne.
Due to Corre’s influence, the company had a sporting reputation. In the 1925 Tour de France, for example, it confirmed this reputation when three cars finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd only 4 mètres apart. The 1927 production car had a 1500cc, six cylindre, twin OHC engine, and was capable of 165 km/h.
In 1930 the company name was changed again to simply La Licorne. It produced a 5 hp (905cc) and an 8 hp (1450cc). That year the La Licorne had its most brilliant victory by winning the Monte-Carlo Rally. That same year the company entered an agreement with Citroën to make front-engined, rear-wheel-drive cars using Citroën bodies.
A prototype 14 hp La Licorne was shown at the Paris Show in 1949, but was never produced, and the works closed forever.
In 1930 the company name was changed again to simply La Licorne. It produced a 5 hp (905cc) and an 8 hp (1450cc). That year the La Licorne had its most brilliant victory by winning the Monte-Carlo Rally. That same year the company entered an agreement with Citroën to make front-engined, rear-wheel-drive cars using Citroën bodies.
A prototype 14 hp La Licorne was shown at the Paris Show in 1949, but was never produced, and the works closed forever.
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