OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

to a cable-operated separate gear case incorporating a reverse gear
(which was not necessarily available on many of the small scooter-type
motors used by other voiturettes). Starting was via a floor-mounted pulllever
in the cabin. Wheels were attractive two-piece aluminum castings.
In fact, the makers were so pleased with their chassis that they decided
the basic design could be used as the platform for three different
small cars placed at different price points. This was an idea that
had previously been put forth by the keen cyclecar advocates in the
press. The atlas would be the most expensive at 245,000 francs. The
Kover, introduced in 1950, was at an intermediate level at 215,000
francs, and the bare-bones Le Piaf, introduced in 1951 at 200,000
francs, would be the most economical. The Kover eschewed the atlas’
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