Panhard & Levassor Type X19

The Panhard & Levassor Type X19 was a French passenger car built by Panhard & Levassor from 1912 until 1921 and rated at 10 CV. It had a four-cylinder engine of 2155 cc, with a 70 mm bore and 140 mm stroke, that produced 10 PS and drove the rear wheels through a four-speed gearbox and a propeller shaft whose joints used elastic rubber elements, similar to a Hardy disc, in place of conventional joints. The wheelbase was 2792 mm and the front track 1385 mm, and the stated empty weight of 700 kg was given without tyres. Bodies were offered as two-seat and four-seat limousines, torpedo, coupe and landaulet, and a bare chassis cost 7,500 francs. The German article describes how the maker slimmed its 1913 range to four poppet-valve engines and three Knight sleeve-valve engines. War cut sales sharply and they recovered only from 1919; total production was 3,020 cars.