Rauch & Lang

US, 1905 – 1928

(1) Rauch & Lang Carriage Co, Cleveland, Ohio, 1905 – 1916

(2) Baker, Rauch & Lang Co, Cleveland, Ohio, 1916 – 1922

(3) Rauch & Lang Electric Car Manufacturing Co, Chicopee Falls, Mass., 1922 – 1928

Rauch & Lang were an old-established carriage building firm (founded 1853) when they began to make electric Rauch & Lang cars in 1905. These Rauch & Lang cars followed the usual pattern for such electric vehicles, being mainly closed town cars, although a few open phaeton Rauch & Lang cars were also made. The biggest Rauch & Lang cars were heavier vehicles and included a six-seater limousine with separate outside seat for the chauffeur. Some Rauch & Lang cars had 4-doors, a very unusual feature in electric cars. In 1916 the Rauch & Lang cars became part of the Baker, Rauch & Lane group and production declined. From 1919 onwards the Rauch & Lang cars were sometimes listed as Raulangs, and from 1922 this became the official name of the Rauch & Lang cars.

By this time production of Rauch & Lang cars had been transferred to the Stevens-Duryea factory at Chicopee Falls where the number of private cars made was very small. The factory, which was still turning out a few Stevens-Duryeas, also made petrol and electric taxi-cabs under the name Rauch & Lang cars, and bodies for Stanley Steamers.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; GNG

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S.A.R.A.

France, 1923 – 1930

Sté des Autos à Refroidissement par Air, Courbevoie, Seine; Puteaux, Seine

The SARA car was the only French car of the 1920s to make a success of air cooling. The SARA car began life as a two-seater light car, low-built and weighing very little, powered by an 1.100cc ohv engine. A centrifugal turbine blower impelled air into a jacket around the cylinders, providing very effective cooling. The rest of the SARA car was typical of French voiturette practice of the time – three forward speeds, shaft drive, no differential, and front suspension by a transverse spring. Road-holding of the SARA car was good. The SARA car acquired four seats and front-wheel brakes in 1925 and four forward speeds in 1927, but the first really new SARA car model appeared in the following year, when the SARA car grew up into a full-sized car, with a 6-cylinder engine of 1.806cc, retaining the same design as earlier SARA cars, and half-elliptic front springs. The SARA car was made in saloon and coupé form, and for two years the SARA car was built under licence in Scotland under the name Scotsman.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; TRN

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