Ballot 2LT. Made in France in 1928, 6 cyl., 11 hp, 2.000 cc
Ballot was a French manufacturer, initially of engines, that also made automobiles between 1919 and 1932. Édouard Ballot became well known as a designer of reliable engines. He helped Ettore Bugatti in developing his first engines.
The Ballot brothers, Édouard and Maurice, founded their company at the Boulevard Brune in south-central Paris in 1905. Édouard Ballot was a former naval officer, which explains the “anchor” that featured in the badges on the cars.
Before World War I the factory concentrated on marine and industrial engines, and from 1910 or 1911 they also offered automobile engines.
The company was re-founded as Etablissements Ballot SA in 1910.
In 1931 the company was taken over by Hispano-Suiza. Swift decline followed: the last model was practically a Hispano-Suiza, and only the chassis was provided by Ballot. Ballot closed down in 1932.
