Boyer

France, 1898 – 1906

Boyer et Cie, Suresnes, Seine, Puteaux, Seine

The Boyer company was initially associated with Phébus motor tricycles powered by De Dion or Aster engines, and these were still being made in 1901, though a Boyer car of unspecified type competed in the Paris-Rambouillet-Paris Race in 1899. By 1901, the Boyer had emerged as a conventional voiturette with tubular frame and side-chain transmission. The frontal radiator was fed from a tank at the rear, and single-cylinder Aster or twin-cylinder Buchet engines were usually installed, though some Boyer cars used De Dion and Météore units. The Boyer cars sold in England under the name of York, the 1902 model 6hp selling for £190; imports were discontinued during the year owing to a drop in manufacturing standards. Also in 1902 a 4-cylinder Boyer appeared at the Gaillon hill-climb. In 1903 some larger Boyer touring cars were offered, with chain drive, armoured-wood frame, and mechanically-operated side valves in an L-head. The biggest Boyer model was rated at 24hp. Latterly the firm was associated with Prunel, and the cars were made in that company’s factory at Puteaux. In 1906 there were three 4-cylinder Boyer models for sale, all with steel frames, high tension magneto ignition, and the more conventional T-head configuration favoured by Prunel.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; MCS
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