The French Rochet-Schneider Type 15000 Torpedo from 1923

The French Rochet-Schneider Type 15000 Torpedo from 1923, four cylinders, 2600 cc, 80 km/h.

Rochet-Schneider was a French company, based in Lyon, that produced automobiles between 1894 and 1932. The Rochet-Schneider sales slogan was “strength, simplicity and silence”.

Like other motorcars of the Brass Era, the cars made by Rochet-Schneider were largely intended for wealthy hobbyists and made use of brass fittings, pattern leather, hand-crafted wood and other expensive components.

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