302 Hotchkiss AM2 13cv Monaco (1930) AM 2020 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Hotchkiss AM2 13CV Monaco (1926-32) Engine 2412cc S4 OHV Registration Number AM 2020 (Wilshire) HOTCHKISS SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623876973790... Founded in 1875 as the Paris branch of the American Hotchkiss munitions manufacturer, Hotchkiss of St. Denis built its first car in December 1903. Though its chief executive and managing executive were Americans and its works manager was the Englishman Henry Ainsworth, the Hotchkiss was the epitome of the French luxury touring car during the period between the wars. The firm’s mainstay in the twenties was the four-cylinder 50hp 2.4-litre AM, which was redesignated as the AM2 in 1926 when overhead valves were added. The AM2 was a car that justified its slogan ‘Le Juste Milieu’ (‘The Golden Mean’) – it’s price placed it exactly between the inexpensive Citroen and the luxurious Hispano-Suiza. AM2 reliability was legendary: the car could cruise at a steady 60mph as long as the road allowed, with a top speed of 70mph. It had a four-speed manual transmission, four-wheel drum brakes and semi-elliptic leaf springs front and rear. It’s worthy qualities were so plentiful that the AM2’s devoted clientele could forgive its rather straight-laced styling and uninspired handling. The AM2 was supplanted by the new AM80 six-cylinder in 1932, but the durable French favourite soldiered on under the type 412 designation until 1934. In all, Hotchkiss built more than 20,000 examples of the AM series. Diolch am 96,373,131 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 96,373,131 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 07.08.2022, at the VSCC Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Prescott, Gloucestershire REF 162-302