References and Bibliography

La course de côte du Mont-Ventoux 1902-1976

This excellent book by Maurice Louche tells the story of the Mont Ventoux from  1902 to 1976.  A special mention for the chapter on 1911, titled "A Deserved Success for Cottin et Desgouttes". The book contains 10 picture of Cottin-Desgouttes cars.

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La grande aventure automobile lyonnaise

Recently published by La Taillanderie, this very interesting book (in French) has prefaces by Dominique Perben and Paul Berliet. Cottin-Desgouttes is often mentioned and a very well documented article on the firm is on pages 96 to 99.

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Cottin & Desgouttes in Books on motorcars

Cottin & Desgouttes in the press

Other publications

  • Pierre Lucien Pouzet, Les voitures rhône-alpines dans les compétitions jusqu'en 1914, Lyon, Fondation de l'Automobile Marius Berliet, coll. Cahiers Techniques de la Fondation de l'Automobile Marius Berliet, 1986.
  • "La Sans-Secousses de Cottin-Desgouttes", Cahiers Techniques de la Fondation de l'Automobile Marius Berliet.
  • "La pénétration automobile au Sahara", Cahiers Techniques de la Fondation de l'Automobile Marius Berliet.
  • " Routes des Alpes", a touring book produced by the Autocar magazine. The car used to visit the region was this Cottin & Desgouttes
  • Mémoires Industrielles, double CD-ROM edited by Syrinx ; the CD devoted to Berliet includes several texts and pictures concerning Cottin & Desgouttes. Available through the Berliet Foundation or here.
  • Various Articles
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