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SA Mathis / SA Francaise Matford

 

 

 

 

 

The story of Mathis started with a car workshop which was operated by Émile Ernest Charles Mathis around the turn of the century. First business connections with De Dietrich in the year 1901 led to cooperation with a former employee of this company in 1904, a certain Ettore Bugatti. This connection led to the development and production of a car but in 1906 this connection was ended. Mathis reached certain popularity in the German Reich until the outbreak of World War I – Strassbourg was a German town at this time. During World War I, mainly ambulances and lorries were made.
After World War I, passenger cars propelled by four-, six- and eight-cylinder engines were made besides lorries. After economic difficulties at the beginning of the 1930s, Mathis went into cooperation with Ford in 1934. Thereof the brand name Matford arose. At first, Mathis vehicles were offered under the brand name Matford. Later, Ford models were offered. Before and during World War II, lorries were manufactured for the French army and later also for the Wehrmacht. The brand name Matford disappeared before the end of World War II.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year of construction:

Payload in MT:

Quantity:

 

 

Passenger cars:

 

 

 

 

 

Mathis MY

1926-1930

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-40

1934

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-48

1935

 

 

 

 

Matford Alsace V8

1935

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-68

1936

 

 

 

 

Matford Alsace V8-62/66

1936

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-72/76/78

1937

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-81A

1938

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-F81A & F82A

1938

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-91A

1939

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-F91A & F92A

1939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lorries:

 

 

 

 

 

Matford B-46, V8-46

1934

ca. 1.0

 

 

 

Matford BB

1934

1.75 - 2.5

 

 

 

Matford V8-50

1935

ca. 1.0

 

 

 

Matford V8-51

1935-1936

1.8 & 3.6

 

 

 

Matford V8-63(?), V8-67

1936

ca. 1.0

 

 

 

Matford V8-73, V8-77

1937

ca. 1.0

 

 

 

Matford V8-75

1937

2.0

 

 

 

Matford V8-79

1937

2.7 & 4.0

 

 

 

Matford V8-82C, V8-81C

1938-1939

ca. 1.0

 

 

 

Matford V8-82Y, V8-81Y

1938-1939

2.7 & 4.0

 

 

 

Matford V8-F917WS, V8-F997 WS

1939-194?

5.0

 

 

 

Matford V8-F01W, V8-F11W

1940-194?

3.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omnibuses:

 

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-75/79

1937

 

 

 

 

Matford V8-82Y/81Y

1938-1939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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