Société des Automobiles La Licorne

1920 - 1950
La Licorne 1914 - 1950

Gilbert BAUDOT
Directeur

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During the 192Os the main

models were the Ballot-engined
9/ 12 cv ( 1692cc) and the 12/15
cv (2997cc) and the SCAP-
engined 8/10 cv (l393cc). A
1492cc six was offered in 1927,
and raced with success. La
Licorne, bolstered in decline by
the 5 cv (905cc) and the 8 cv
(1450cc), conventional front-
engined, rear-wheel-drive cars
using the front-wheel-drive
Citroën body.

At the outbreak of the war, two

new cars-a 6cv and 8 cv were
made, but it was too late. After a
prototype had been shown at the
Paris Show in 1949, the works
closed forever.

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Paris Show in 1949, but
was never produced, and
the works closed forever.