Brief History of the Marque: Chaise
Maurice Chaise began his career with Rhone (later Gnome et Rhone) where
he worked from 1907 to 1921
One of his engines was a narrow-angle 14° V-four, not dissimilar
to the much later Lancia Fulvia. This engine was initially built to power
the Majestic, and was eventually produced in capacities varying from 500cc
to 750cc and powered the Dollar, another of the
Delachanal marques.
Chaise engines were used by other motorcycle manufacturers including
Genial-Lucifer,
Koehler-Escoffier,
Majestic, New Map,
Nover,
Prester,
Roussey
and Soyer, and the factory also produced a variety
of horizontally opposed fours for nautical and aviation use.
Production ceased in 1939.
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