<< Prev Page 2 of 2 Dubbed the A6 A, the first Farmans rolled off the production line late in 1919. Priced at the level of the most exclusive competition, the Farman grew out to be a distinguished alternative for the established luxury manufacturers. Royals and Aristocrats were among the fledgling company's few clients. One of their most famous customers was famous hunter and Ace of the French airforce Charles Nungesser. He had shot down no fewer 45 planes during the war. Taking a direct stab at the competition, the brothers used the slogan "a car rolls, the Farman glides".
In the early 1920s the engine was slightly revised. The sheet engine block was replaced by a much lighter block constructed from aluminium. The chassis equipped with the more advanced engine were known as the A6 B. Further revisions came in 1926 when the design team by Charles Waseige redesigned the chassis, fitting a highly complex front suspension setup. The revised car was known as the New Farman 1 or NF1 for short. A few years later the NF2 was introduced with a 7.5 litre version of the engine to rival Hispano's eight litre car.
Hit by the depression, the Farmans struggled to sell their highly exclusive cars and in 1931 they were forced to cease production. Eventually only 120 Farmans were produced; only ten per year. The brothers continued the production of airplanes until their factory and airline were nationalized by the French government in 1936. Today the Farman motor car is very little known and certainly not regarded as highly as their competition or as highly as the finely crafted machines deserve. Sadly only four examples are known to have survived today. Two of them, an A6 A and a NF1, can be viewed in the former Schlumpf Collection in Mulhouse, France. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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Dubbed the A6 A, the first Farmans rolled off the production line late in 1919. Priced at the level of the most exclusive competition, the Farman grew out to be a distinguished alternative for the established luxury manufacturers. Royals and Aristocrats were among the fledgling company's few clients. One of their most famous customers was famous hunter and Ace of the French airforce Charles Nungesser. He had shot down no fewer 45 planes during the war. Taking a direct stab at the competition, the brothers used the slogan "a car rolls, the Farman glides".