Corre-La Licorne

The Societe Francaise des Automobiles Corre was founded in 1901 in Levallois, and started production with motor tricycles and quadricycles.

Various cars with proprietary engines were made until 1906. Up until then the cars were sold under the name of Corre. When M. Corre left the factory, the name was changed to Corre-La Licorne. The range was then a twin-cylinder (1727cc) and a 15/20 hp four (2544cc); however, the old single-cylinder De Dion-engined 8 hp model of 942cc was in production until 1912. After that date all Corres had four-cylinder engines. No fewer than nine models were available in 1914, from 7 hp to 25 hp. After the war, Corre-La Licorne moved to Neuilly; the first new model presented in 1919 had a sv Ballot engine of 1244cc.

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), moved to Courbevoie and made some conventional front-engined, rear-wheel-drive cars using the front-wheel-drive Citroen 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.

(Vintage European Automobiles)