Amilcar Pégase History

By the early 1930s Amilcar's Saint-Denis factory had closed temporarily and the marque was in financial difficulty. The Pégase, introduced in 1934, was the company's attempt at a more substantial car: a four-cylinder overhead-valve 2,150 cc (12CV) engine supplied by Delahaye — Amilcar no longer having the resources to develop its own larger units.

A higher-powered Pégase Compétition followed in 1935 with a 2,490 cc (14CV) engine, also Delahaye-sourced. The Pégase sold in modest numbers but was never a commercial success; by October 1935 it was the only model left in production as Amilcar's new shareholders — Hotchkiss had acquired a stake through the holding company Sofia — focused resources on the technically ambitious front-wheel-drive Compound project then under development by Jean-Albert Grégoire.