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Édouard Ballot became well known as a designer of reliable engines. He helped <a href="/wiki/Ettore_Bugatti" title="Ettore Bugatti">Ettore Bugatti</a> in developing his first engines. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballot_(automobile)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ballot brothers, Édouard and Maurice, founded their company at the Boulevard Brune in south-central Paris in 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1920_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1920-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Édouard Ballot was a former naval officer, which explains the "anchor" that featured in the badges on the cars. </p><p>Before <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> the factory concentrated on marine and industrial engines,<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1920_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1920-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from 1910 or 1911 they also offered automobile engines. </p><p>The company was re-founded as <b>Etablissements Ballot SA</b> in 1910. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sporting_successes">Sporting successes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballot_(automobile)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sporting successes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1920_Ballot_3_8_LC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/1920_Ballot_3_8_LC.jpg/220px-1920_Ballot_3_8_LC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/1920_Ballot_3_8_LC.jpg/330px-1920_Ballot_3_8_LC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/1920_Ballot_3_8_LC.jpg/440px-1920_Ballot_3_8_LC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>1920 Ballot 3/8 LC</figcaption></figure> <p>There is little sign that Edouard Ballot himself took much interest in automobiles until December 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1920_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1920-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That was the month in which he had a significant conversation with <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thomas_(racing_driver)" title="René Thomas (racing driver)">René Thomas</a>, a leading racing driver who had won the <a href="/wiki/1914_Indianapolis_500" title="1914 Indianapolis 500">1914 Indianapolis 500</a> race driving a <a href="/wiki/Delage" title="Delage">Delage</a>. Ballot was persuaded to build four 4.8-litre cars that would carry the "Ballot" name and compete in the forthcoming <a href="/wiki/1919_Indianapolis_500" title="1919 Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a> race, scheduled for 30 May 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1920_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1920-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Time seemed very short, but Ballot lost no time, notably recruiting the Swiss born engineer <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Henry_(engineer)" title="Ernest Henry (engineer)">Ernest Henry</a> who had already worked on preparing <a href="/wiki/Peugeot" title="Peugeot">Peugeot</a> cars for their successful participation in the 1914 Indianapolis 500 race.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1920_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1920-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ballot's cars competed in the 1919 race, two of them finishing in 4th and 11th places.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1920_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1920-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Ballot vehicle driven by <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thomas_(racing_driver)" title="René Thomas (racing driver)">René Thomas</a> also finished second in the 1919 <a href="/wiki/Targa_Florio" title="Targa Florio">Targa Florio</a>. Ballot was sufficiently encouraged to return the next year, and in the <a href="/wiki/1920_Indianapolis_500" title="1920 Indianapolis 500">1920 Indianapolis 500</a> race a Ballot driven by <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thomas_(racing_driver)" title="René Thomas (racing driver)">René Thomas</a> finished in second place: Ballots also took fifth and seventh places.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1920_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1920-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_DePalma" title="Ralph DePalma">Ralph DePalma</a>, an American national champion and winner of the 1915 Indianapolis 500, drove a Ballot to win the 1920 <a href="/wiki/Elgin_National_Road_Races" class="mw-redirect" title="Elgin National Road Races">Elgin Trophy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:R%C3%A9tromobile_2017_-_Ballot_ch%C3%A2ssis_n%C2%B03_-_1920_-_003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/R%C3%A9tromobile_2017_-_Ballot_ch%C3%A2ssis_n%C2%B03_-_1920_-_003.jpg/220px-R%C3%A9tromobile_2017_-_Ballot_ch%C3%A2ssis_n%C2%B03_-_1920_-_003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/R%C3%A9tromobile_2017_-_Ballot_ch%C3%A2ssis_n%C2%B03_-_1920_-_003.jpg/330px-R%C3%A9tromobile_2017_-_Ballot_ch%C3%A2ssis_n%C2%B03_-_1920_-_003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/R%C3%A9tromobile_2017_-_Ballot_ch%C3%A2ssis_n%C2%B03_-_1920_-_003.jpg/440px-R%C3%A9tromobile_2017_-_Ballot_ch%C3%A2ssis_n%C2%B03_-_1920_-_003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>1920 Ballot</figcaption></figure> <p>More successes followed, on both sides of the Atlantic. DePalma finished second in the <a href="/wiki/1921_French_Grand_Prix" title="1921 French Grand Prix">1921 French Grand Prix</a> and French driver <a href="/wiki/Jules_Goux" title="Jules Goux">Jules Goux</a> finished third. Goux went on to win the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Italian_Grand_Prix" title="Italian Grand Prix">Italian Grand Prix</a> at <a href="/wiki/Brescia" title="Brescia">Brescia, Italy</a> in 1921, driving a Ballot. Second place was taken by the team leader <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chassagne" title="Jean Chassagne">Jean Chassagne</a> on a sister car; a year before, in 1920 Chassagne made the fastest BARC lap of the year at Brooklands on a 4.9-litre Ballot, coming again second. A Ballot with a straight-eight-cylinder 4.9-litre engine competed in the <a href="/wiki/1921_French_Grand_Prix" title="1921 French Grand Prix">1921 French Grand Prix</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Road_cars">Road cars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballot_(automobile)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Road cars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ballot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Ballot.jpg/220px-Ballot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Ballot.jpg/330px-Ballot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Ballot.jpg/440px-Ballot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption>Ballot 2LTS Cabriolet (1925)</figcaption></figure> <p>As well as racing engines, the company made a range of road engines which were fitted to their own production cars. </p><p> The first of Ballot's own road cars was the 1921 2-litre Ballot 2-litre sports tourer. In 1923 the Ballot 2 LT and a sport version, Ballot 2 LTS followed.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ballot_Berline_RH3,_1930.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ballot_Berline_RH3%2C_1930.jpg/220px-Ballot_Berline_RH3%2C_1930.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ballot_Berline_RH3%2C_1930.jpg/330px-Ballot_Berline_RH3%2C_1930.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ballot_Berline_RH3%2C_1930.jpg/440px-Ballot_Berline_RH3%2C_1930.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2572" data-file-height="2082" /></a><figcaption>Ballot RH3 Berline (1930), <a href="/wiki/Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27Automobile" title="Cité de l'Automobile">Cité de l'Automobile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mulhouse" title="Mulhouse">Mulhouse</a>, France</figcaption></figure><p>By the time of the 19th <a href="/wiki/Paris_Motor_Show" title="Paris Motor Show">Paris Motor Show</a> in October 1924, Ballot was established in the market place as a producer of expensive road going cars with spectacular performance.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1925_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1925-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2-litre sports tourer again appeared on the manufacturer's stand at the show. The car still used a four cylinder overhead camshaft 1,994 cc engine,<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1925_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1925-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it sat on a 3,110 mm (122.4 in) wheelbase.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1925_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1925-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was priced, in bare chassis form, at 33,000 francs: Ballot also listed a <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_(car)" title="Torpedo (car)">"Torpedo" bodied</a> version at 46,000 francs.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1925_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1925-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1927, eight-cylinder engines were used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_chapter">Final chapter</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballot_(automobile)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Final chapter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scripophily_BALLOT_1925.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Scripophily_BALLOT_1925.jpg/220px-Scripophily_BALLOT_1925.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Scripophily_BALLOT_1925.jpg/330px-Scripophily_BALLOT_1925.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Scripophily_BALLOT_1925.jpg/440px-Scripophily_BALLOT_1925.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1735" data-file-height="1258" /></a><figcaption>Share of the Établissements Ballot SA, issued 1925</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1931 the company was taken over by <a href="/wiki/Hispano-Suiza" title="Hispano-Suiza">Hispano-Suiza</a>. Swift decline followed: the last model was practically a Hispano-Suiza, and only the chassis was provided by Ballot. Ballot closed down in 1932. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_models">Main models</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballot_(automobile)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Main models"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2LS: sports car, 4-cylinder 1944 cc, twin-overhead-camshaft, 4-valves-per-cylinder engine</li> <li>2LT: tourer, single-cam variant of the 2LS</li> <li>2LTS: variant of the 2LT, with higher-tuned engine</li> <li>RH: introduced in 1927 with 8-cylinder, single-overhead-cam, 2874 cc engine</li> <li>RH3: 1929–1932, RH with 3049 cc engine.</li> <li>HS26: model introduced after the Hispano-Suiza takeover, also known as the Hispano-Suiza Junior, 4580 cc six-cylinder engine<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div 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