Hotchkiss Anjou 20/50 — 1951

Nice car with an interesting story from the reputed French manufacturer Hotchkiss. This luxurious Anjou was bought new for a car dealer in Karlskoga, Sweden. It was used an everyday car up until the mid 1980s. After that it was used as a weekend car mainly to transport people to church on Sunday.

At some point the car was repainted in its original Gun Metal color. In other respects it untouched and very well kept. The olive colored interior has been re upholstered some time ago but still remains in a top condition

• Mechanical condition

  Started but not driven. Right hand drive.

• Interior condition

  New upholstery professional done. Wood panels and detailing in good condition.

• Exterior condition

  Professionally repainted with nice bodywork. A few minor defect in the paint work and the chrome works has some blemishes.

• General condition

  Very well kept car in collectors condition

Fordonsstatus Avst 2007-08-31
Ursprungsbesiktning 1951-01-01 (regbes)
Datum i trafik 1:a gång 1951-01-01
Besiktningsperiod - 2005-11-30
Senast godk besiktning 2003-11-25
Skattebefriad Ja
Antal ägare 4

The Hotchkiss Anjou was a luxury car offered between 1950 and 1954 by the French automaker Hotchkiss. It was an updated version of the 486 and 686/866 models which had first appeared in the 1930s and inherited its engines from those cars, although their engines in turn dated back to OHC units introduced in the mid-1920s.
The car was launched in autumn 1950, and during the first year 1,787 were produced. In 1951 the company produced a further 2,666. The depressed state of the economy and the government’s punitive taxation policy, especially in respect of larger cars, saw to it that, at least in terms of units produced, 1951 was the car’s best year, however. 815 were produced in 1952 and only 197 in 1953. 1953 was the last year of production, but the company was still advertising new cars for sale at least until the end of 1954, which indicates that their financial problems may well have been exacerbated by the practice of systematically manufacturing more cars than they were selling earlier in the Anjou's life.
There was a choice of two engine sizes. Most cars were shipped with a four-cylinder ohc 2,312 cc water-cooled unit with one or, at the customer’s option, two carburettors. However, a longer-nosed version allowed space for the larger ohc six-cylinder 3,485 cc water-cooled engine that promoted the car into the stratospheric 20CV taxation class, but increased claimed maximum power from 72/75 hp to 100/125 hp, with a corresponding increase in claimed maximum speed from 130 km/h (81 mph) to 145 km/h (90 mph). Sources for the power output vary, possibly according to whether the engine was fed by one or two carburetors.

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