About What is it? Quiz #486: 1925 Suère Type D Berline Landaulet

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A lovely big saloon was subject of last week's quiz. The photo is taken in Musée de Reims Champagne. And indeed a glass of champagne would be nice to have while you are sitting in the back of this 1925 Suère Type D Berline Landaulet. Yes, a Suère and not a Chaigneau Brasier TD4 as Andrea Insalata thought. Very close Andrea, as that car looks quite the same and is also part of the French museum. It also wasn't a 1928 Avions-Voisin, suggested by both Donald E. Risen and Eldon Guay.

It was clear to us it wasn't a very easy task to solve quiz #486. But who did give the right answer? First to answer correctly was Kenzo Sarrazyn. He mentioned he saw the car last summer on his holiday. After that Dominique Barbault gave us more information about the engine and the price: Four cylinders 1843 cm3 (70x120), side valve engine, empattement 286 cm. The 1925 price for:- the chassis was: 14100 fr, - the tourer 20000 fr - the "landaulet" 25000 fr. He also gave us a scan of the logo, which we always appreciate!

Regular winner Gerd Klioba gave us more general information: 'Suère of Paris started car production in 1909 after already having produced Velox engines. This very conservative model was presented in 1921 and built until 1930, the end of Suère's production. Propelled by a Ballot four-cylinder 1872 cc engine of 22 hp, it reached 80 kph. Suère made the news, when the Suère Spèciale appeared at the 1926 Arpajon record week, powered by a 25-litre Lorraine-Dietrich V12 aero engine.'

Fritz Hegemann gave us more concrete information about the car: 'In 1909 the production of cars with Ballot-1 cyl.engines was started, using the name Suère. At Paris Motor Show in 1922 the model „D“, with a 20 hp, 4cyl.sv-inline-engine with 1.843 cc (corresponding to a 10CV) and 4 gears was presented, available over the years in bare chassis form, as Torpedo, as Landaulet, as truck and as seen here as Conduite interieure (=Saloon) with 1.5 m width, 3.85 m length and wheelbase 2.86 m'

Robbie Marenzi also knew this specific car: 'License plate 112 UG 75. The car was part of the Philippe Charboneaux collection that started the museum de Reims in 1985.' Last good answer came from Neil Beadle.

The winner:

Thank you all for participating. If you had the right answer, you will get 3 points in the six-month competition, sponsored by Hans Compter Rare Cars. But the winner gets 5 and can open a bottle of (imaginary) champagne this weekend. It was Fritz Hegemann who, in our eyes, gave the most informative answer and therefore we declare him the winner of this weeks quiz. Congratulations Fritz!

We wish you all a good weekend and good luck with the 200th puzzle at PostWarClassic.com.

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