Mochet

France, 1951 – 1958

Charles Mochet, Puteaux, Seine

Charles Mochet, who had built the C.M. cyclecar from 1924 to 1930, introduced another minicar in 1951, the Mochet car. His Mochet CM125 represented true minimal motoring and could be conducted without a driving licence. The simple tubular frame of the Mochet car was crab-tracked, the front wheels were independently sprung, and the Mochet car rode on bicycle-type wheels, of which only the rear ones were brakes. Bodywork of the Mochet car was austered with a front end reminiscent of the early flat-twin Tatras. Power of the Mochet car came from a 3½bhp 2-stroke single-cylinder 125cc Ydral engine mounted at the rear. Mochet was able to sell 40 of these little Mochet cars a month, and there was a more ambitious development in 1953, in the shape of a 4-speed version of the Mochet car with hydraulic brakes and a 750cc C.E.M.E.C. flat-twin engine. By 1957 the Mochet car company was making a 175cc 4-seater roll-top convertible with full electrics (including wiper and trafficators), which Mochet car offered 37mph and 65mpg for the equivalent of £315, but rising prosperity in Europe sounded the death-knell of the cyclecar and the Mochet cars disappeared from the market.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; MCS

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