A Few Ballot Automobiles

Originally a maker of engines, Ballot made cars under its own name from 1919 to 1932, the latter date not long after it was acquired by Hispano-Suiza.  Its Wikipedia entry is here, and information regarding some of its models is here.

Ballot built racing cars, so it isn't surprising that its passenger cars had high performance and were costly.

Below are some examples of its passenger lines.  These automobiles pre-date the modern styling era, having bodies mostly or entirely by coachbuilders.

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Ballot 2LS by Lagache et Glaszman from about 1922.  This body style was later called "Torpedo Sport" (TS).  The "2L" refers to "two liter."

Ballot 2TLS by Vanvooren. undated.

1928 Ballot 2LT I photographed in the Museo Automovilistico y de la Moda in Málaga, Spain

Three views of a 1929 eight-cylinder Ballot with Weymann body up for auction.  The fender-mounted spare tires were not original equipment on this car.

This seems to be a similar car with spare tires mounted behind the trunk.

Advertisement featuring  2LTS.

Another ad, this illustrated by René Vincent, a prominent illustrator.