List of French cars
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Major Current French Manufacturers
- BugattiBugatti Automobiles SASBugatti Automobiles S.A.S. is an automobile manufacturer located in Molsheim, Alsace, France. It is owned by the German automobile manufacturing group Volkswagen Group as a subsidiary of Volkswagen France...
(2000-present) - CitroënCitroënCitroën is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group.Founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën , Citroën was the first mass-production car company outside the USA and pioneered the modern concept of creating a sales and services network that...
(1919-present) - PeugeotPeugeotPeugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...
(1889-present) - RenaultRenaultRenault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...
(1898-present)
Other French Manufacturers
- AbleAble (1920 automobile)The Able was a small French cyclecar made in Avignon by Paul Toulouse, built between 1920 and 1927.It was a fairly ordinary 4-cylinder light car that utilized engines from companies such as SCAP, Chapuis-Dornier and CIME, ranging from 1100 cc to 1500 cc. Some cars were sold under the...
(1920-1927) - ACMATACMATACMAT , is a French producer of cross-country and tactical military vehicles since 1958...
(1958-present) - AderAderThe Ader was a French automobile designed and built by Clément Ader, a pioneer in flight and telephone service.The Ader car was built in Levallois-Perret, Seine, by his Société Industrielle des Téléphones-Voitures Système Ader...
(1900-1907) - AERA.E.R.A.E.R. was a French automobile manufacturer and one-time subsidiary of B.N.C.; the marque offered two cars patterned on American models. One was an sv 1991cc six-cylinder with CIME engine; the other used a Lycoming side valve straight-eight of 4241 cc and Delaunay-Belleville chassis. Unusually,...
(1930) - AEMAEM (1924 automobile)The AEM was a French electric car built in Neuilly, near Paris, by the Societé d'Application Electro-Mécanique.In 1923, the company manufactured a few cyclecars under the brand name Electrocyclette....
(1920-1924) - AérocaréneAerocareneThe Aérocarène 700 was a small automobile developed in France and first exhibited at the Paris Motor Show at the end of October 1947.The vehicle was developed during the previous year by two engineers called Desbenoît and Bodu. It was a streamlined three-wheeled coupé which had no doors. The top...
(1947) - AgeronAgeronThe Ageron was a French automobile manufactured in Lyon between 1910 and 1914. Most cars of this marque were friction-drive one-, two-, or four-cylinder light cars that used 6, 8, or 10 hp engines. It could go a maximum of and weighed around ....
(1910-1914) - AilloudAilloudThe Ailloud was a French automobile, built between 1898 and 1904 by Claudius Aillout of Lyon. The first car had a 618 cc twin-cylinder air-cooled engine, rear-mounted, driving through a 3-speed gearbox and chain drive. To improve cooling the engine was soon moved to the front of the car...
(1898-1904) - AixamAixamAixam - Mega is a French automobile manufacturer based in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie. It was founded in 1983 to make microcars in the old Arola factory after that company failed.-History:...
(1984-present) - AjamsAjamsThe Ajams was a French automobile, built in Neuilly by M. Ajams in 1920. A light cyclecar, it had a tubular frame in the "birdcage" style. Its engine was a 1093 cc water-cooled twin-cylinder 9hp unit with a three-speed gearbox. It also had independent suspension for all for wheels.-References:^...
(1920) - AjaxAjax (1913 automobile)The Ajax was a French automobile built by the American Briscoe brothers, Benjamin and Frank, between 1913 and 1919. Originally built in Neuilly, it was a 12hp cyclecar with 980 cc 4 cylinder engine with friction drive...
(1913-1919) - ALAL (automobile)AL was a French automobile manufactured by L'Energie Electro-Mécanique based at Suresnes. In 1907 the company manufactured one of the first recorded hybrid cars , it was a combination gas-electric vehicle that ran at 24hp.-External links:...
(1907-1909) - AlamagnyAlamagnyAlamagny is a former French auto-maker. It is remembered because of a prototype vehicle that was exhibited at various venues in France during 1947 and 1948....
(1947-1948) - AlbaAlba (1913 automobile)The Alba was a French car made by Constructions Métallurgiques, Usines Alba, Suresnes, Seine between 1913 and 1928.The car was offered with a choice of 4 cylinder engines including a side valve of 1172 cc made by S.C.A.P., a 1476 cc overhead valve by S.C.A.P., and a 1994 cc Altos...
(1913-1928) - AlbatrosAlbatros (1912 automobile)The Albatros was built by one Henri Villouin of Paris in 1912. His company made mostly cycles and motorcycles, but did build a light 4-cylinder car. Their advertisement boasted of '91 wins in 92 races', but this is thought to be referring to the cycles....
(1912) - AlcyonAlcyonThe Alcyon was a French bicycle, automobile and motorcycle manufacturer between 1890 and 1957.- Origins :Alcyon originated from about 1890 when Edmond Gentil started the manufacture of bicycles in Neuilly, Seine. In 1902, this was complemented by motorcycle production and in 1906, the first cars...
(1906-1929) - AldaAlda (automobile)The Alda was a French automobile created by Fernand Charron of Charron, Girardot et Voigt . It was manufactured between 1912 and 1922. The car had a dashboard radiator and a inline-four engine that was claimed to be capable of going "6 to 47 mph in top gear"...
(1912-1922) - Allard-LatourAllard-LatourThe Allard-Latour was a car made by M. Allard-Latour of Lyons, France. Belt or chain driven, small numbers were made. Most if not all were sold in the Lyons area.-References:...
(1899-1902) - AllianceAlliance (1905 automobile)The Alliance was a short-lived French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1905 to 1908. Also known as the Aiglon, the marque had a similar radiator to that used on the Mass. The company listed an 18hp four with Tony Huber engine in 1908; this car sold in England for £450....
(1905-1908) - AlphiAlphiAlphi was a car manufacturer in France from 1929 to 1931. Only four examples were known to be made. The first pair had a 6-cylinder 1485 cc C.I.M.E. engine and two seats. One raced at the 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans while another was supercharged in anticipation for the 1929 French Grand Prix,...
(1929-1931) - Alma (1926-1927)
- AlpineAlpine (car)Alpine was a French manufacturer of racing and sports cars that used rear-mounted Renault engines.Jean Rédélé , the founder of Alpine, was originally a Dieppe garage proprietor, who began to achieve considerable competition success in one of the few French cars produced just after World War...
(1955-1995) - AlvaAlva (1913 automobile)Alva was a range of cars made by Automobiles Alva, Courbevoie, Seine, France from 1913 to 1923.Some of the line-up of cars had 4-cylinder engines made by SCAP, while others had engines ranging from 1.5 to 2.2-litre capacity. They were conventional in design, aside from the Perrot 4-wheel brakes...
(1913-1923) - AMA.M. (1906 automobile)The A.M. was an automobile made by Ateliers Veuve A. de Mesmay, in St. Quentin, Aisne, France from 1906 to 1915. The company was known as makers of the Abeille proprietary engines and a light tractor of 1912. The de Mesmay company’s status as a manufacturer of whole cars is dependent almost...
(1906-1915) - Amédée BolléeAmédée BolléeAmédée-Ernest Bollée was a French bellfounder and inventor who specialized in steam cars. After 1867 he was known as "Amédée père" to distinguish him from his similarly named son, Amédée-Ernest-Marie Bollée .-Biography:...
(1885-1921) - AmilcarAmilcarThe Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940.The first offering was a small cyclecar; designed by Jules Salomon and Edmond Moyet, it bore a striking resemblance to the pre-war Le Zèbre. Next was the 903cc CC, which was available in two further versions; the CS was a sport...
(1921-1939) - AmpèreAmpère (car)The Ampère was a French automobile built at Billancourt from 1906 to 1909. The car featured a 10/16 hp four-cylinder engine driving through an electric clutch; according to the advertising material, this made for "variation of speed by electric transmission, with neither dynamo nor accumulators"....
(1906-1909) - Anderson ElectricAnderson ElectricThe Anderson Electric was a fairly expensive French electric car with five speeds and Edison batteries; the car was only manufactured in 1912, and was shown at the Paris Salon of that year. The 3/9 hp model cost Fr 13,500, while the 4/12 hp cost Fr 18,500.*See also; Robert Anderson, a...
(1912) - Andre PyAndre PyThe Andre Py voiturette was made by Cie des Automobiles du Sud Ouest of France in 1899. The Leon Bollee-like 3-wheeler had dos-a-dos seating for two and a 3 ½ hp horizontal single-cylinder engine. It also had the bizarre feature of front-wheel drive and rear-wheel steering....
(1899) - Antoinette (1906-1907)
- ArdentArdent (automobile)The Ardent was an automobile produced by Caron et Cie, in Paris, from 1900 to 1901. The company used its own make of 5 hp v-twin engine in their four-seater vis-à-vis light car. Termed a "victoriette", it was unusual in that the body was mounted on a frame, but the engine was in front of the...
(1900-1901) - Ardex (1934-c.1937; 1952-1955)
- ArianeAriane (automobile)The Ariane was made by Automobiles Ariane, Suresnes, Seine in 1907. It was a small friction-drive two-seater using a single-cylinder 6 hp engine. The friction discs were mounted at the rear axle....
(1907) - ArièsArièsThe Ariès was a French automobile manufactured by a company in Asnières-sur-Seine from 1903 to 1938. The first cars were two- and four-cylinder vehicles built 20 chassis at a time in a large factory. These shaft-drive cars had a rather unusual double rear axle, while the engines were built by Aster...
(1903-1938) - AristaArista (1912 automobile)The Arista was a French automobile which took its name from its founder, one P. Arista-Ruffier; the marque was manufactured in Paris from 1912 to 1915. Eight models were introduced in the first year of production...
(1912-1915) - AristaArista (1956 automobile)The Arista was a French automobile with a fiberglass body, produced in Paris from 1952 to 1967.-Background and ruin:The firm had been founded in the late 1940s by Antonio Monge and Robert Rowe under the name Callista, but the two fell out over the future direction of the firm after its original...
(1952-1967) - ArolaArola (microcar)Arola SARL was a small manufacturing company based in Lyon-Corbas, France, which manufactured a range of microcars, designed initially to be driven without a licence. Arola became part of the Aixam group in 1983.-Models 10, 11, 12:...
(1976-1983) - ArzacArzacThe Arzac was a small French cyclecar manufactured in Paris from 1926 to 1927. The automobile featured front-wheel drive, independent suspension on all wheels, and either a 483 cc or a 500 cc two-stroke engine....
(1926-1927) - ASA. S. (automobile)The A.S. was a light car made from 1924 to 1926 by Voiturettes Automobiles A.S. of Courbevoie and then by La Garenne-Colombes until 1928.An attractive design of light sporting car, the A.S. was not produced in large numbers. One model sported a twin overhead camshaft engine of 1,100 cc, and...
(1924-1928) - ASSASS (car)The A.S.S. was a French automobile produced from 1919 to 1920 by Bernard Verdy. Advertised as "L'automobile pour tous", the car was powered by a 1240cc, two-stroke Thomas engine and used a 2-speed epicyclic transmission. The car featured electric lights and starter...
(1919-1920) - AstaticAstaticThe Astatic was a French cyclecar manufactured from 1920 to 1922 by Automobiles Astatic, Saint-Ouen, Seine, France.Built at Saint-Ouen, the car was an attempt to market a vehicle with independent suspension all round. This was done by coupling each wheel to a horizontal coil spring by a right...
(1920-1922) - Aster (1900-1910)
- AstraAstra (1922 automobile)The Astra was a small French cyclecar made by E Pasquet in Paris with a twin-cylinder two-stroke engine of 496 cc; the automobile, which was manufactured only in 1922, featured independent suspension on all four wheels, as well as friction drive....
(1922) - AstresseAstresseThe Astresse was a French automobile manufactured only in 1898. The company, based in Levallois-Perret, claimed to build some two or three cars a month, using engines built under Grivel license....
(1898) - AtlaAtla (automobile)The Atla was a French automobile manufactured from 1957 to 1959 at Garches. Support for the project came from Jean Schwab who was the local Renault dealer at Garches and who sold the cars. Important input also came from an engineer called Charles Cusson who was responsible for the tubular chassis...
(1957-1959) - AtlasAtlas (1951 automobile)The Atlas was a mini-car made in France in 1951. Originally known as La Coccinelle, it used a single-cylinder engine of a mere 175 cc capacity. The fiberglass body seated two, the maximum speed said to be over ....
(1951) - Audibert & LavirotteAudibert & LavirotteThe Audibert & Lavirotte was a French automobile, manufactured in Lyon from 1894 to 1901.The company, the oldest maker of automobiles in the city, was set up by Maurice Audibert and Emile Lavirotte built cars that were generally similar to the Benz. These were up to 6 horsepower, and featured belt...
(1894-1901) - AugeAuge (automobile)The Auge was a motor car made by Daniel Auge et Cie, Levallois-Perret, Seine, France, from 1898 to about 1901.It was powered by the Cyclope engine, so called because the original models used hot-tube ignition, the platinum tubes being heated with one lamp. After 1899, electric ignition was used for...
(1898-c.1901) - AustralAustral (automobile)The Austral was a French automobile manufactured in Paris in 1907; the company offered "touring tricars" and motorized delivery tricycles....
(1907) - AutobleuAutobleuAutobleu was a small, short-lived French automobile maker based in Paris.The company was established in 1950 by Maurice Mestivier and Roger Lepeytre. Its original business involved manufacturing components which buyers could use to make their Renault 4CVs go faster...
(1953-1957) - AutomotoAutomotoAutomoto was a French motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1902, which joined with the Peugot group in 1930 and was fully absorbed by 1962. Prior to World War II Automoto sourced engines from Chaise, Zurcher, J.A.P., and Villers. AMC engines were also used after 1945....
(1901-1907) - AuverlandAuverlandAuverland , now grouped with Panhard, is a French manufacturer of Jeep-like four-wheel-drive and armoured fighting vehicles. It bought Panhard from Peugeot in April 2005, and the combined company now uses the Panhard name.It notably produces the Petit Véhicule Protégé....
(1984-present) - AvoletteAvolette-History:The Société Air Tourist company, with its little factory at Paris in the rue de Porthieu, began production of a small three wheeled car in 1955. Production probably never progressed beyond the prototype stage and ended in 1958. -The car:...
(1955-1959) - BallotBallot (automobile)Ballot was a French automobile manufacturer who made cars between 1921 and 1932.The Ballot brothers, Edouard and Maurice, founded their company in 1905. Before World War I they manufactured automobile and marine engines. The company was re-founded as Etablissements Ballot SA in 1910.Edouard...
(1921-1932) - Barré (1899-1930)
- Beck (1920-1922)
- BédéliaBédéliathumb|Bédélia from 1910 in 1975 at the NürburgringBédélia was the archetype of the French cyclecars....
(1910-1925) - Bellanger (1912-1925)
- Benjamin (1921-1931)
- BerlietBerlietBerliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and other utility vehicles, based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France.-Early history:...
(1895-1939) - BernardetAutomobiles BernardetBernardet is the name of a manufacturing company created in 1921 by three brothers named René, Robert and Roger Bernardet.The company logo was a play on the brothers’ names, being a “3R” intertwined with a “B” and an “F” as in “Bernardet Frères”...
(1946-1950) - BignanBignanBignan is a commune in the Morbihan département in Brittany in north-western France.-Breton language:In 2008, there was 17,36% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.-External links:* * -References:...
(1918-1930) - BlériotBlériot AéronautiqueBlériot Aéronautique was a French aircraft manufacturer founded by Louis Blériot. It also made a few cyclecars from 1921 to 1922.After Louis Blériot became famous for being the first to fly over the English Channel in 1909, he established an aircraft manufacturing company. This company really took...
(1921-1922) - BNCBollack Netter and CoBollack Netter and Co , more commonly known as BNC, was a small automobile company in Paris situated on Avenue de Paris 39, in the Levallois-Perret district.- History :...
(1923-1931) - BoitelAutomobiles Boitel-History:The company began business as an automaker at their plant on the eastern side of Paris in 1946. By 1950 the last car had been produced.-The car:...
(1946-1949) - Bolide (1899-1907)
- BonnetAutomobiles René BonnetAutomobiles René Bonnet was a French automobile maker.The firm was the continuation of Deutsch et Bonnet by René Bonnet when Charles Deutsch, the "D" in DB, founded his own firm CD...
(1961-1964) - Bouquet, Garcin & Schivre/BGSBouquet, Garcin & SchivreThe Bouquet, Garcin & Schivre was a French electric car manufactured between 1899 and 1906. It could cover up to on one charge of its 770 pound battery pack; its top speed was ....
(1899-1906) - BrasierBrasierBrasier was the successor of the early French Richard-Brasier automobile maker that had been in business since 1902. The name of the make was simplified to Brasier when Georges Richard left in 1905 to found Unic. Before World War I, several twin, four and six-cylinder models were offered...
(1905-1926) - Brouhot (1898-1911)
- BuccialiBuccialiThe Bucciali was a French automobile manufactured from 1922 until 1933. Built by the brothers Bucciali, it began life at Courbevoie as a cyclecar under the name Buc. Initial offerings were powered by 1,340 cc two-cylinder two-stroke engines. In 1925 a 1,600 cc SCAP-engined model appeared,...
(1922-1933) - BuchetBuchetThe Buchet was a French motorcycle and automobile manufacturer from circa 1900 until 1930.-Motorcars:Buchet manufactured motorcars from 1910 until 1930...
(1910-1930) - BugattiBugattiAutomobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....
(1909-1963) - ButterosiButterosiThe Butterosi was a French automobile manufactured in Boulogne-sur-Seine from 1919 to 1924. It featured a sv four-cylinder engine of 1327cc. Three different body styles were offered - a two-seater roadster, a tourer and a closed saloon. -External links:* *...
(1919-1924) - Cambier (1897-c.1905)
- Castoldi (1900)
- CDCharles DeutschCharles Deutsch was a French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, founder of the brand "DB" with René Bonnet, and later of the "CD".-Career:...
(1962-1965) - CG (Chappe et Gessalin)Chappe et GessalinChappe et Gessalin was a French automobile maker founded in 1946 and commencing manufacture of complete cars in Brie-Comte-Robert, Seine-et Marne in 1957. Production ceased in 1974....
(1966-1974) - CGV (Charron, Girardot et Voigt)Charron (automobile)-The company:Founded in 1901 by Ferdinand Charron, Leonce Girardot and Emile Voigt the company was originally called C.G.V and based in Puteaux, Seine. In 1905 it had capital of 2 franc million. Girardot resigned in 1906 and the company was reformed as Automobiles Charron ...
(1901-1906) - Chaigneau-BrasierChaigneau-BrasierChaigneau-Brasier was the name given to French Brasier cars marketed after 1926 when the company was bought by the Chaigneau family who had been bicycle makers....
(1926-1930) - ChainlessChainlessThe Chainless was a French automobile manufactured from 1900 to 1903 in Paris by SA des Voitures Légère Chainless. The cars used Abeille or Buchet engines of 10, 16, and 20 cv, were shaft-driven voiturettes....
(1900-1903) - CharlonCharlonThe Charlon was a French automobile manufactured in 1905 and 1906 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise. The smallest was a belt-driven voiturette, with a 9 hp engine possibly built under licence from the rather obscure Mahout company. Three larger models were also advertised with 12 to 40; four cylinder...
(1905-1906) - CharronCharron (automobile)-The company:Founded in 1901 by Ferdinand Charron, Leonce Girardot and Emile Voigt the company was originally called C.G.V and based in Puteaux, Seine. In 1905 it had capital of 2 franc million. Girardot resigned in 1906 and the company was reformed as Automobiles Charron ...
(1907-1930) - Chenard-WalckerChenard-WalckerChenard-Walcker, also known as Chenard & Walcker and Chenard et Walcker was a French automobile manufacturer, from 1900 to 1946. The factory was at first in Asnières-sur-Seine moving to Gennevilliers in 1906.-History:...
(1900-1946) - CHS (1945-1946)
- Clément-BayardClément-BayardClément-Bayard was a French manufacturer of automobiles, aeroplanes and airships founded in 1903 by the entrepreneur Adolphe Clément-Bayard . The name celebrated the Chevalier Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard who saved the town of Mézières in 1521...
(1903-1922) - Coadou et FleuryCoadou et FleuryThe Coadou et Fleury was a French automobile manufactured only in 1921.Made in Paris, it was a small cyclecar featuring a monocoque body and a 903 cc sv engine; this last was built by Ruby.-External links:*...
(1921-c.1935) - CochotteCochotteThe Cochotte was a French automobile manufactured only in 1899. An untidy-looking voiturette, it was powered by an exposed water-cooled engine which was mounted at the front of the vehicle....
(1899) - Cognet de SeynesCognet de SeynesThe Cognet de Seynes was a French automobile manufactured in Lyon from 1912 until 1926. The company was formed by financial backer Edouard de Seynes and engineer Victor Cognet....
(1912-1926) - Cohendet (1898-1914)
- ColdaColdaThe Colda was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 until 1922. The company was based in Paris; the cars were built with an 1847cc four-cylinder engine produced by Sergant....
(1921-1922) - Constantinesco (1926-1928)
- Corre (1901-1907)
- Cottereau (1898-1910)
- Cottin & DesgouttesCottin & DesgouttesCottin & Desgouttes was a French automobile manufacturer from the beginning of the 20th century.- The Beginning :In 1904, Pierre Desgoutte started manufacturing automobiles under the name “Desgouttes & Cie”, in Lyon, France. The first model was the type A, powered by a 9.5-liter, 45 hp,...
(1905-1931) - CournilCournilBernard Cournil was a French vehicle maker who progressed from improving other people’s vehicles to manufacturing his own during the late 1950s. Rights to manufacture his design were subsequently held by a succession of businesses in Portugal after the French creator of the vehicle had disappeared...
(1960-1984) - CouteretCouteretThe Couteret was a French automobile manufactured in Paris only in 1907. The car was a front-wheel-drive voiturette.-References:...
(1907) - CouverchelCouverchelThe Couverchel was a French automobile manufactured from 1905 to 1907. The firm offered cars ranging from 12/16 hp to a 40/50 hp six. The company moved to Boulogne-sur-Seine from Neuilly in 1906, prompting a change in its name to CVR....
(1905-1907) - Créanche (1899-1906)
- Crespelle (1906-1923)
- Croissant (1920-1922)
- Culmen (c.1909)
- DalifolDalifolThe Dalifol was a French automobile manufactured only in 1896. It was a horizontal-engined gas-driven car built by a firm best known for producing steam motorcycles....
(1896) - Dalifol & ThomasDalifol & ThomasThe Dalifoil & Thomas was a French automobile manufactured from 1896 until 1898. A voiturette built in the Dulac factory in Montreuil-sous-Bois, it was powered by two separate De Dion engines. In 1899 the company introduced a motor tricycle with a "Dust proof" two-speed constant-mesh gearbox....
(1896-1898) - Damaizin & PujosDamaizin & PujosThe Damaizin & Pujos was a French automobile manufactured only in 1910. The company built chassis with a patented constant-mesh gear change, and may also have been known as "Dux"....
(1910) - DangelDangelDangel is a French specialist automobile company based in Sentheim, Alsace. It has produced 4x4 versions of Citroën and Peugeot vehicles since 1980...
(1968-1971) - DanvignesDanvignesThe Danvignes was a French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1937 until 1939. A small sports car, it was built by a motorcycle agent. Two-seater and roadster bodies were constructed, and the power units were a 750 cc twin or a 1100 cc Ruby....
(1937-1939) - Darl'matDarl'matEmile Darl'mat was the creator and owner of a Peugeot distributor with a car body business established at the rue de l'Université in Paris, France in 1923. In the 1930s the firm gained prominence as a low volume manufacturer of Peugeot based sports cars...
(1936-1950) - Darmont (1924-1939)
- DarracqDarracqAutomobiles Darracq S.A. was a French motor vehicle manufacturing company founded in 1896 by Alexandre Darracq.Using part of the substantial profit he had made from selling his Gladiator bicycle factory, Alexandre Darracq began operating from a plant in the Parisian suburb of Suresnes...
(1896-1920) - David & BourgeoisDavid & BourgeoisThe David & Bourgeois was a French automobile manufactured only in 1898. A tiller-steered saloon, it featured a "square-four" engine developed by Paul Gautier....
(1898) - DBDB (car)DB was a French automobile maker between 1938 and 1961, based in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris. The firm was founded by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet...
(1938-1961) - De BazelaireDe BazelaireDe Bazelaire was a French car plant established in the Rue Gager-Gabillot area in Paris, The make existed from 1907 to 1923. The cars were intended for racing, But were built with a luxury look.- History :...
(1908-1928) - De Cezac (1922-1927)
- De ClercqDe ClercqDe Clercq or de Clercq is a surname of Dutch origin. People with the name include:*Bart De Clercq , Belgian professional bicycle road racer*Daniël de Clercq , Dutch socialist and vegetarian activist...
(1992-present) - De DietrichDe DietrichDe Dietrich is a holding company based in France which traces its history back to the early 17th century. It was active in the automobile, railway and industrial machines industry. It sold it holding stake in De Dietrich Ferroviaire to Alstom in 1990...
(1897-1905) - De Dion-BoutonDe Dion-BoutonDe Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton and his brother-in-law Charles Trépardoux....
(1883-1932) - De MarcayDe MarcayThe De Marcay was a French automobile manufactured from 1920 until 1922. Similar to the GN, it was a cyclecar powered by a 1000 cc Anzani vee-twin engine and shaft drive, and was the product of a former manufacturer of aircraft....
(1920-1922) - De RianceyDe RianceyThe De Riancey was a French automobile manufactured from 1898 until around 1901. A front-wheel-drive voiturette, it used an air-cooled flat-twin engine.- References :*David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Automobile...
(1898-c.1901) - De SanzyDe SanzyThe De Sanzy was a French automobile manufactured only in 1924. A product of Paris, it was a cyclecar with a two-stroke single-cylinder 350 cc engine, wooden chassis, and plywood body....
(1924) - DecauvilleDécauville automobileDecauville was a French automobile maker, a subsidiary of a company already famous for producing locomotives.The company was registered as Société des Voitures Automobiles Decauville in 1897 and the factory started producing automobiles in 1898. The first car was designed by Messrs Joseph Guédon...
(1898-1910) - Deguingand (1927-1930)
- Deho (1946-1948)
- DeLaChapelleDe La ChapelleDeLaChapelle is a French independent car builder. Founded in the early 1970s by Xavier De La Chapelle, a former Venturi director, the brand started as a Bugatti replica maker....
(1985-present) - DelageDelageDelage was a French luxury automobile and racecar company founded in 1905 by Louis Delage in Levallois-Perret near Paris; it was acquired by Delahaye in 1935 and ceased operation in 1953.-History:...
(1905-1953) - DelahayeDelahayeDelahaye automobile manufacturing company was started by Emile Delahaye in 1894, in Tours, France. His first cars were belt-driven, with single- or twin-cylinder engines. In 1900, Delahaye left the company.-History:...
(1895-1954) - Delamare-DebouttevilleDelamare-DebouttevilleDelamare-Deboutteville was a French car designed in 1884.Many people argue that Edouard Delamare-Deboutteville and his assistant, Leon Malandin had invented the first car. Mr. Édouard Delamare-Deboutteville described how he had built and driven his car in early 1884...
(1883-1887) - Delaugère (1898-1926)
- Delaunay-BellevilleDelaunay-BellevilleAutomobiles Delaunay-Belleville was a French luxury automobile manufacturer from Saint-Denis, France, north of Paris. At the beginning of the 20th century they were among the most prestigious cars produced in the world, and perhaps the most desirable French marque.Julien Belleville had been a maker...
(1904-1948) - Delfosse (1922-1926)
- Demeester (1906-1914)
- Denis de BoisseDenis de BoisseThe Denis de Boisse was a French automobile manufactured from 1901 until 1904. Its final product was a 12cv twin-cylinder light car with a patented double back axle....
(1901-1904) - Derby (1921-1936)
- Desmoulins (1920-1923)
- Dewald (1902-1926)
- DFPDoriot, Flandrin & ParantDoriot, Flandrin & Parant was a French car maker based in Courbevoie, Seine between 1906 and 1926.Auguste Doriot and Ludovic Flandrin had both worked for Peugeot and then Clément-Bayard before setting up their own car making company in 1906...
(1906-1926) - Diederichs (1912-1914)
- DoloDolo (automobile)-Background:The car came from a business called Brun, Dolo & Galtier located at Pierrefitte. Messrs Brun, Dolo and Galtier were hitherto unknown in motor industry circles, but the car looked modern and affordable when compared to the offerings provided by the known auto-makers...
(1947-1948) - DonnetDonnetDonnet was a French manufacturing company of the early twentieth century. Founded as Donnet-Denhaut by Jérôme Donnet and François Denhaut at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1914, the firm manufactured a highly-successful line of patrol flying boats for the French Navy...
(1928-1936) - Donnet-Zedel (1924-1928)
- Dumas (1902-1903)
- Dumont (1912-1913)
- Duport (1977-1994)
- d'Yrsan (1923-1930)
- EHP (1921-1929)
- ElectricarElectricarThe Electricar was a French electric car manufactured from 1920 until 1921. An urban car, it used a ½hp electric engine manufactured by a M. Couaillet of Paris. It was a single-seat tricar with a single front wheel....
(1919-1924) - ElfeElfeThe Elfe was a French automobile manufactured in Levallois from 1920 until 1925. Produced by a M. Eugène, who also founded the Bol d'Or race, it began life as a cyclecar; accommodation for its passengers was in tandem, with space for the driver in front. The engine, a 987 cc vee-twin Anzani 984c...
(1920-1925) - ElgéElgéThe Elgé was a French automobile manufactured from 1924 until 1925. Created at Bordeaux by Roger Louis Maleyre, a pioneer in the field of aerodynamics, it was very low and light, and was well streamlined; the cars used CIM engines. Maleyre also produced a prototype design for a propeller-driven...
(1924-1925) - Elysée (1921-1925)
- Enders (1911-1923)
- EsculapeEsculapeThe Esculape was a French automobile manufactured only in 1899. Advertised as being "worked by an improved De Dion-Bouton motor, strengthened by a water current", it was said by its Paris-based makers, the Automobile Union, to be "fast, silent, and vibrationless".- References :*David Burgess Wise,...
(1899) - EudelinEudelinThe Eudelin was a French automobile manufactured from around 1905 until 1908. The product of a Parisian builder, it came in 14/16hp and 25/40 four-cylinder models. The company also produced an opposed-piston engine with a complex variable-stroke linkage...
(c.1905-1908) - EurekaEureka (French automobile)The Eureka was a French automobile manufactured from 1906 until 1909. A single-cylinder voiturette with friction transmission and belt final drive, it was built at La Garenne-Colombes, and used either a 6hp De Dion or a 12hp Anzani engine....
(1906-1909) - Facel VegaFacel VegaFacel was a French manufacturer of automobiles from 1954 to 1964.The company was named after the original metal stamping company FACEL, and the company's first model, the Vega, named after the star, was introduced at the 1954 Paris Auto Show...
(1954-1964) - F.A.L.F.A.L.The F.A.L. was a French automobile manufactured in 1907. A product of Saint-Cloud, the light car was built by Coll'habert et Sénèchal....
(1907) - Farman (1919-1931)
- Favier (c.1925-1930)
- FL (1909-1914)
- FonluptFonluptThe Fonlupt was a French automobile manufactured in Levallois from 1920 until 1922. The company made a small number of the 1539 cc 10 hp Sport and the 10 hp 2155 cc Ville, both of which were four-cylinders; they also built an eight-cylinder of 4310 cc. All three engines had ohc.-References:David...
(1920-1922) - Fouillaron (1900-1914)
- Fournier (1913-1924)
- Galy (1954-1957)
- Gardner-SerpolletGardner-SerpolletGardner-Serpollet was a French manufacturer of steam-powered cars in the early 1900s.In 1896, Leon Serpollet invented and perfected the flash boiler, which made steam a much more practical source of power for an automobile...
(1900-1907) - Gautier-Wehrlé (1894-1900)
- Georges IratGeorges IratThe Georges Irat was a French automobile manufactured by engine builder Georges Irat from 1921 to 1953.-Between two World Wars:The company's first product was an ohv 1990cc four-cylinder car designed by Maurice Gaultier who had been with Delage. This was joined in 1926 by a 2985 cc six-cylinder...
(1921-1953) - Georges RichardGeorges RichardGeorges Richard was a French automobile that was manufactured from 1897 to 1902. Originally copying Benz cars of the era, Richard bought a licence, in 1900, from the Belgian Vivinus to build voiturettes. The designer Brasier joined the firm in 1902 and the marque became Richard-Brasier. Georges...
(1897-1902) - Georges Roy (1906-1929)
- Gillet-Forest (1900-1907)
- GladiatorGladiator Cycle CompanyThe Gladiator Cycle Company was a French manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and cars based in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Seine.Throughout its productive life from 1891 until its demise in 1920 the company was variously owned by the founders Alexandre Darracq and Paul Aucoq; from 1896 by Adolphe...
(1896-1920) - Gobron-Brillié (1898-1930)
- GordiniGordiniGordini is a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956....
(1951-1957) - GoujonGoujonThe Goujon was a French automobile manufactured from 1896 until 1901. A four-seater voiturette, it featured an air-cooled 3½ hp engine.-References:*David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles, ISBN 0785811060....
(1896-1901) - GRAC Groupe de Recherches Automobiles de Courses (1964-1974)
- GregoireAutomobiles GregoireAutomobiles Grégoire was a French car manufacturer, established in 1902, that operated for about twenty years in the early 20th century. The company was the creation of Pierre Joseph Grégoire ....
(1904-1924) - GrivelGrivelThe Grivel was a French automobile built only in 1897. A quadricycle, it featured a tubular frame and a rear-mounted vertical-twin air-cooled engine....
(1897) - GuerrazGuerrazThe Guerraz was a French automobile manufactured only in 1901. A voiturette, it featured C-spring rear suspension and a 1357 cc Bolide engine....
(1901) - Guerry et BourguignonGuerry et BourguignonThe Guerry et Bourguignon was a French automobile built only in 1907 by a cycle company from Paris. It was described as a "tri-voiturette"....
(1907) - Guyot Spéciale (1925-1931)
- Hautier (1899-1905)
- HédéaHédéaThe Hédéa was a French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1912 until 1924. Built by a M. Accary, and sometimes sold under his own name, they were medium-sized cars with 1795 cc Chapuis-Dornier engines....
(1912-24) - HeinisHeinisThe Heinis was a French automobile manufactured in Neuilly from 1925 until 1930. The brainchild of one M. Heinis, the cars were offered with various engines, including an ohc 799 cc four which Heinis himself designed. Other offerings included various proprietary 1100 cc, 1170 cc, 1690 cc, and...
(1925-1930) - HelbéHelbéThe Helbé was a French automobile manufactured from 1905 until 1907; it received its name, a version of "LB", from the initials of its builder, Levêcque and Bodenreider. It was an assembled light car, powered by De Dion engines of 4½, 6, and 8 hp, and used Delage components....
(1905-1907) - HenouHenouThe Henou was a French automobile manufactured only in 1923. Marketed by a M. Henou of Paris, they were 1843 cc cars built by Guilick of Maubeuge....
(1923) - Henry BauchetHenry BauchetThe Henry Bauchet was a French automobile manufactured only in 1903. It was a 5/8 cv twin-cylinder light car from Rethel which was sold directly to the public and which may have succeeded l'Ardennais....
(1903) - Henry-DubrayHenry-DubrayThe Henry-Dubray was a French automobile manufactured only in 1901. A product of Paris, the 5 cv three-seater voiturette was known for its "softness in rolling"....
(1901) - HéraldHeraldA herald, or, more correctly, a herald of arms, is an officer of arms, ranking between pursuivant and king of arms. The title is often applied erroneously to all officers of arms....
(1901-1906) - HinstinHinstinThe Hinstin was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 until 1926. Built both by a M. Hinstin in the Paquis works at Mézières and by Guilick in Maubeuge, they were light cyclecars with 1099 cc CIME and 1094 cc Ruby engines. Some light cars powered by 1500 cc SCAP engines were also offered....
(1921-1926) - Hispano-SuizaHispano-SuizaHispano-Suiza was a Spanish automotive and engineering firm, best known for its luxury cars and aviation engines in the pre-World War II period of the twentieth century. In 1923, its French subsidiary became a semi-autonomous partnership with the parent company and is now part of the French SAFRAN...
(1911-1938) - HommellHommellHommell is a French Automobile manufacturer, started in 1990 by Michel Hommell, a former racing driver and the owner of Échappement, a French car magazine. The company is based in Lohéac, near Rennes, Brittany...
(1994-2003) - Hotchkiss (1903-1955)
- Hrubon (1980-1988)
- HurtuHurtuHurtu was a pioneering French car made by Diligeon et Cie based in Albert, Somme from 1896 to 1930. As well as cars, the company also made sewing machines and bicycles....
(1896-1930) - InducoInducoThe Induco was a French automobile manufactured in Puteaux from 1922 to 1924. Built by a M. Van der Heyden, it was a light car with a 1094 cc Chapuis-Dornier engine....
(1921-1924) - Inter (1953-1956)
- J-P WimilleJ-P WimilleThe J-P Wimille was a French automobile manufactured from 1948 until 1949. Powered by a rear-mounted 22 hp Ford V-8, it was an aerodynamic saloon designed by racing driver Jean-Pierre Wimille. No more than 20 were built....
(1948-1949) - Jack SportJack SportThe Jack Sport was a French automobile manufactured from 1925 until 1930.Built in Paris by one M. Corbeau , it was a 410 cc single-cylinder cyclecar....
(1925-1930) - JanémianJanémianThe Janémian was a French automobile manufactured from 1920 until 1923. Built by a M. Janémian in Bièvres, Essonne, they had rear engines, transversely mounted, with chain drive to the rear wheels which were set closely together. The cars originally were powered by flat twin engines of 1100 or...
(1920-1923) - JanoirJanoirThe Janoir was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 until 1922 by a motorcycle and sidecar company in Saint-Ouen. The few that were made were 965 cc flat twin-engined cyclecars....
(1921-1922) - Janvier (1903-1904)
- Jean-BartJean-BartThe Jean-Bart was a French automobile manufactured from 1907 until 1907. Successor to the Prosper-Lambert, the company built shaft-driven cars, single-cylinders of 9 hp and fours of 16 hp and 40 hp....
(1907) - Jean GrasJean GrasThe Jean Gras was a small scale French automobile manufactured by a concern based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris from 1924 until 1927.The company showed two cars at the Paris 1924 Salon, the Type A had a 1494 cc overhead camshaft engine and the Type B a 1200 cc pushrod overhead valve unit....
(1924-1927) - JeantaudJeantaudThe Jeantaud was a French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1893 until 1906. It was the brainchild of Charles Jeantaud, a coachbuilder who built his first electric carriage in 1881. Among the vehicles he constructed was the first car to set a land speed record , as well as coupes and hansom...
(1893-1906) - JG SportJG SportThe JG Sport was a French automobile manufactured from 1922 until 1923.A cyclecar built by one M. Janvier, it had a 970 cc Ruby engine and chain drive....
(1922-1923) - Jidé (1969-1974; 1977-1981)
- JouffretJouffretThe Jouffret was a French automobile manufactured between 1920 and 1926. Built by a M. Demeester, first in Suresnes and then in Colombes they were sometimes marketed under his own name. They used 1172 cc and 1616 cc ohv engines from S.C.A.P. and Ruby. In 1923, the company took over Sidea, and...
(1920-1926) - JoussetJoussetThe Jousset was a French automobile manufactured from 1924 until 1928. Built by a M. Louis Jousset of Bellac in Haute Vienne, they were Ruby or CIME engined sports and touring cars of 1099 cc and 1496 cc....
(1924-1928) - JouvieJouvieThe Jouvie was a French automobile manufactured from 1913 to 1914.A JAP-engined cyclecar, it was a product of Paris....
(1913-1914) - JuzanJuzanThe Juzan was a French automobile manufactured only in 1897; it was a light quadricycle along De Dion lines....
(1897) - KevahKevahThe Kevah was a French automobile manufactured from 1920 until 1924. Built by Muller, Allen-Sommer and Robert at La Garenne Colombes, the cyclecar had vee-twin 1100 cc Train or MAG engines, and was considered well-made...
(1920-1924) - Koch (1898-1901)
- Korn et LatilKorn et LatilThe Korn et Latil was a French automobile manufactured from 1901 until 1902. It was a fwd voiturette with a 3½ hp Aster engine, and was designed by Latil, who later became known for his fwd commercial vehicles....
(1901-1902) - Kriéger (1897-1908)
- KVS (1976-c.1984)
- La Buire (1904-1930)
- La ConfortableLa ConfortableThe La Comfortable was a French cyclecar produced around 1920. The car was quite small, with a single-cylinder two-stroke engine of 344 cc, built by Train....
(c.1920) - Lacoste & Battmann (1897-1910)
- Lafitte (1923-1924)
- LahaussoisLahaussoisThe Lahaussois was a French automobile manufactured only in 1907. The company, headquartered in Paris, offered both chassis and complete vehicles....
(1907) - La Licorne (1907-1950)
- L'AlkolumineL'AlkolumineThe L'Alkolumine was an unusual alcohol-powered automobile from Amiens, France built in 1899 by one M. Martha. He said that it gave "very little odor and vibration"....
(1899) - La LorraineLa LorraineThe La Lorraine was a French automobile manufactured in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse by Charles Schmid from 1899 until 1902. A vis-a-vis, it featured infinitely variable belt-drive....
(1899-1902) - LambertAutomobiles LambertLambert was a French automobile manufacturer established by Germain Lambert in 1926 at Mâcon. In commercial terms it never progressed beyond marginal viability and it withdrew from auto-making towards the end of 1953....
(1926-1953) - La Nef (c.1901-1914)
- La Perle (1913-1927)
- La PonetteLa PonetteThe La Ponette was a French automobile manufactured from 1909 until 1925. The very small car builder began production with a single-cylinder 697 cc car which was very similar to a small Renault. This was followed in 1911 by a four-cylinder 1592 cc Ballot-engined vehicle, which was built until...
(1909-1925) - La RadieuseLa RadieuseThe La Radieuse was a French automobile manufactured only in 1907. A voiturette built at Bayeux by one M. E. Marie, it was shown at the 1907 Paris Salon....
(1907) - L'ArdennaisL'ArdennaisThe L'Ardennais was a French automobile manufactured in Rethel from 1901 to around 1903. The voiturette featured interchangeable water- and air-cooled cylinders for summer or winter use....
(1901-c.1903) - La RouletteLa RouletteThe La Roulette was a French automobile manufactured from 1912 until 1914. An 8/10 hp vee-twin cyclecar, it was built in Courbevoie....
(1912-1914) - La Va Bon TrainLa Va Bon TrainThe La Va Bon Train was a French automobile manufactured by Larroumet and Lagarde of Agen, Lot-et-Garonne between 1904 and 1914. The company had originally been founded in 1891 as a bicycle maker....
(1904-1914) - Lavie (c.1904)
- Le BlonLe BlonThe Le Blon was a French automobile manufactured only in 1898. It was a voiturette similar to the Benz, with a 4 hp twin-cylinder engine. Some cars were sold in England under the name "Lynx"....
(1898) - Le CabriLe CabriThe Le Cabri was a French automobile manufactured from 1924 to 1925. A cyclecar with a side valve 980cc Ruby engine, it was built in Asnières; few were constructed before the company folded....
(1924-1925) - Le FavoriLe FavoriThe Le Favori was a French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1921 until 1924. A small three-wheeled cyclecar, it featured a 987 cc twin-cylinder engine.-References:David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles....
(1921-1924) - Léon BolléeLéon Bollée AutomobilesLéon Bollée Automobiles was a French company founded by Léon Bollée in Le Mans to build a first vehicle called "Voiturette".The Bollée family, all car makers, created three brands:* steam vehicles, Amédée Bollée , built between 1873 and 1885....
(1896-1931) - Le PiafLe PiafThe Le Piaf was a French automobile manufactured from 1951 to 1952. Only a few cars, powered by a 175 cc two-stroke engine, were built at the factory in Livry-Gargan....
(1951-1952) - Le PraticLe PraticThe Le Pratic was a French automobile manufactured only in 1908. A product of Paris, it came in two monobloc-engined models, an 8/10 hp twin-cylinder and a 16/20 hp four-cylinder....
(1908) - Le RoiteletLe RoiteletThe Le Roitelet was a French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1921 to 1924. A front wheel drive cyclecar, it had a twin-cylinder 749 cc engine....
(1921-1924) - LeyatLeyatLeyat was a French automobile manufacturer established by Marcel Leyat in 1919 in Paris. The automobiles were built on the Quai de Grenelle.The first model was called Hélica, also known as 'The plane without wings'. The passengers sat behind each other as in an aircraft...
(1919-1927) - Le ZèbreLe ZèbreLe Zèbre is a French make of car built between 1909 and 1931 in Puteaux, Seine. The company was founded by Jules Salomon who had been with Georges Richard with finance from Jacques Bizet, son of Georges Bizet the composer....
(1909-1931) - LigierLigierFor the related Formula One team, see Equipe LigierLigier is a French automobile maker created by former racing driver and rugby player Guy Ligier.-History:...
(1971-present) - Linon (1900-1914)
- Lion-PeugeotLion-PeugeotLion-Peugeot is a formerly independent French auto-maker. It is the name under which in 1906 Robert Peugeot and his two brothers, independently of the established Peugeot car business, began to produce automobiles at Beaulieu near Valentigney....
(1905-1915) - Lombard (1927-1929)
- Lorraine-DietrichLorraine-DietrichLorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles...
(1905-1934) - Luc CourtLuc CourtThe Luc Court was a French automobile manufactured in Lyon from 1899 until 1936.Early models had a distinctive "demountable chassis". Designed by one Lacoin, the front part of the chassis could be removed from the bodywork and rear wheels; this could then be attached to a different body and wheels...
(1899-1936) - LufberyLufbery automobileThe Lufbery was a French automobile manufactured from 1898 until around 1902. Built by Charles-Edouard Lufbery, it was a rear-engined vee-twin which combined epicyclic gearing and three-speed belt transmission to create a primitive form of overdrive....
(1898-c.1902) - Lurquin-CoudertLurquin-CoudertThe Lurquin-Coudert was a French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1907 until 1914. Produced by a maker of industrial engines, they were "voiturette-tricars"; a twin-cylinder ran in the touring class at the 1907 Château-Thierry hillclimb, and vee-twin cyclecars went into production beginning...
(1907-1914) - LutierLutierThe Lutier was a French automobile manufactured only in 1907; the provenance of the four-cylinder car is unknown....
(1907) - LuxiorLuxiorThe Luxior was a French automobile manufactured from 1912 until 1914. A four-cylinder from Vincennes, it had a 1779 cc engine and was one of the first light cars to be offered as a saloon. In 1912 the company also produced a 1767 cc model advertised as having a "valveless pre-compression engine...
(1912-1914) - Madoz (1921)
- MaillardMaillardThe Maillard was a French automobile manufactured from 1900 until around 1903. Two models, a 6 hp and a 10 hp, were available; these were upgraded to 8 hp and 12 hp in 1901. Maillards were also built in Belgium under the name Aquilas....
(1900-c.1903) - Maison ParisienneMaison ParisienneThe Maison Parisienne was a French automobile manufactured from 1897 until around 1898. They were Benzes built under license by a M. Laboure of La Maison Parisienne to be sold on the French market. Some were sold under the name "l'Eclair". In 1898 the company engineer, a M...
(1897-c.1898) - Majola (1911-1928)
- Major (1920-1923; 1932)
- Malicet et Blin/M&B (1897-c.1903)
- MalliaryMalliaryThe Maillary was a French automobile manufactured only in 1901. A 6 cv shaft-drive voiturette, it was built in Puteaux....
(1901) - MarathonAutomobiles MarathonMarathon was a French automobile manufacturer established by a group of engineers under the leadership of a rally enthusiast called Bernard Denis...
(1953-1955) - Marcadier (1963-1983)
- Marden (1975-1992)
- MargariaMargariaThe Margaria was a French automobile manufactured between 1910 and 1912. A 2297 cc four-cylinder which was shown at the 1910 Paris Salon, the shaft-drive car sold in chassis form for 5000 francs. M. Margaria teamed up with M. Launay to build the SCAP beginning in 1912....
(1910-1912) - Marguerite (1922-1928)
- Marie de BagneuxMarie de BagneuxThe Marie de Bagneux was a French automobile manufactured in Bordeaux only in 1907. A single-seat three-wheeler designed by M. Marie de Bagneux, the belt-driven car weighed 100 kg , and was powered by a 1¼ De Dion engine....
(1907) - Marot-GardonMarot-GardonThe Marot-Gardon was a French automobile manufactured between 1899 and 1904. The company, based in Corbie, began with the manufacture of racing tricycles, but by 1900 had progressed to the construction of a 4½ cv "miniature carriage"....
(1899-1904) - Marsonetto (1957-1959; 1965-1972)
- MatfordMatfordMatford was a car and truck manufacturer in France from 1934 to 1940.In the 1930s, the Ford Motor Company was quickly expanding its European production. Before 1934,a front wheel drive version of Ford Model Y had been produced with an 8 hp engine under the marque Tracford...
(1934-1940) - Mathis (1919-1935; 1945-1950)
- MatraMatraMécanique Aviation Traction or Matra was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobile, bicycles, aeronautics and weaponry. In 1994, it became a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group and now operates under that name.Matra was owned by the Floirat family...
(1965-1984) - MegaAixamAixam - Mega is a French automobile manufacturer based in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie. It was founded in 1983 to make microcars in the old Arola factory after that company failed.-History:...
(1992-present) - Messier (1924-1931)
- Michel IratMichel IratThe Michel Irat was a French automobile manufactured from 1929 until 1930 in Paris.Georges Irat bought the Chaigneau-Brasier company and changed its name to that of his son Michel...
(1929-1930) - MicrocarMicrocar (brand)Microcar is a French microcar manufacturer. The company was founded in 1984 as a division of Bénéteau group, a major sailboat manufacturer. Production moved to a new custom-built factory in September 2000. In September 2008, Microcar was acquired by Ligier Automobiles in a deal backed by the...
(1980-present) - Mildé (1898-1909)
- MillotMillotMillot was a French automobile built by the Millot brothers in the town of Gray, in 1896.The car was steered with a flat steering wheel in the center of the car. The seating was a seat at the back facing forward and a seat on the front where the passengers would have been facing in the opposite...
(1901-1902) - MLB (1894-1902)
- MochetMochetGeorges Mochet began to produce cycle-cars at his premises on the rue Roque-de-Fillol at Puteaux in approximately 1946 and by about 1952 had progressed to more modern looking two seater micro-cars...
(1924-1958) - Mom (1906-1907)
- Monet (1920-1939)
- MonicaMonica (car)Monica was a brand of luxury cars created in France in the 1970s by Jean Tastevin, a French industrialist whose wife's name was Monica.Monica was the last attempt to create a luxury brand in France...
(1971-1975) - MonnardMonnardThe Monnard was a French automobile manufactured only in 1899. It was a light four-seater electric dogcart....
(1899) - MonocarMonocarThe Monocar was a French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1936 until 1939. It was a small single-seater three wheeler, and was powered by a 173 cc two-stroke engine. It also was a popular make out aid thus giving it the name "Monocar"....
(1936-1939) - Montier (1920-1934)
- Montier & GilletMontier & GilletThe Montier & Gillet was a French automobile manufactured only in 1897. A steam waggonette steered by a tiller, it featured an odd-looking boiler....
(1895-1898) - Morisse (1899-1914)
- MorsMors (automobile)The Mors automobile factory was an early French car manufacturer. It was one of the first to take part in automobile racing, beginning in 1897, due to the belief of the company founder, Émile Mors, in racing's technical and promotional benefits...
(1895-1925; 1941-1943) - MotoblocMotoblocMotobloc was a French automobile manufacturer, building vehicles from 1902 to 1931 in a factory in Bordeaux.-History:The company was a descendent of the earlier Schaudel marque, which was noted for the development of an innovative engine design which combined the engine, clutch and gearbox in a...
(1901-1930) - Mototri ContalMototri ContalThe Mototri Contal was a French automobile manufactured from 1907 until 1908. More elaborate than most three-wheelers of its era, it featured Roi-des-Belges bodywork on its more expensive models; the company also manufactured delivery tricycles. Perhaps the high point of the firm's existence was...
(1907-1908) - NanceeneNanceeneThe Nanceene was a French automobile manufactured from 1900 until around 1903. The company built cars and trucks similar to the Gobron-Brillié....
(1900-c.1903) - Napoleon (1903)
- NaptholetteNaptholetteThe Naptholette was a French automobile manufactured only in 1899. A 2½ hp light car similar to the Decauville, its body could be "removed in an instant and another one substituted"....
(1899) - Nardini (1914)
- ObusObusThe Obus was a French automobile manufactured from 1907 until 1908. A voiturette, it was produced by A. Souriau of Montoire.-References:David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles....
(1907-1908) - Oméga-Six (1922-1930)
- Otto (1900-1914)
- Ours (1906-1909)
- Panhard/Panhard & LevassorPanhardPanhard is currently a French manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles. Its current incarnation was formed by the acquisition of Panhard by Auverland in 2005. Panhard had been under Citroën ownership, then PSA , for 40 years...
(1890-1967) - Patin (1899-1900)
- P.G.O.PGO (Automobile)PGO Automobiles is a French car manufacturer, producing exclusive series' of sports cars. The brand operates in the same special market as Lotus, Wiesmann, Donkervoort and Morgan...
(1986-present) - Pilain (1896-1920)
- PlassonPlassonThe Plasson was a French automobile manufactured in Montmartre only in 1910. A 2413 cc four-cylinder car, it ran on paraffin; its builders claimed that it was the "sole paraffin motor sold at the same price as a petrol motor"....
(1910) - PoinardPoinardPoinard is a former French auto-maker. The vehicles commenced development in 1951, were presented to the public in 1952, and withdrawn from production in 1953.-The car:...
- Ponts-MoteursPonts-MoteursPonts-Moteurs was the brand name of a French twin-cylinder 1081 cc power pack manufactured in Paris and sold from 1912 until 1913. It was meant to transform horse-drawn vehicles into motor vehicles "in a few hours, without modification"....
(1912-1913) - PopulairePopulaireLe Populaire was the press organ of the French Section of the Workers' International party.The Populaire was a French automobile manufactured only in 1899. A light rear-engined voiturette, it featured three-seater bodywork....
(1899) - PoronPoronThe Poron was a French automobile manufactured only in 1898. A rear-engined opposed-piston "motorcycle", it had friction-drive and tiller steering....
(1898) - Porthos (1906-1914)
- Prod'hommeProd'hommeThe Prod'homme was a French automobile manufactured at Ivry-Port from 1907 to 1908. The cars were powered by 18 hp opposed-piston engines....
(1907-1908) - Prosper-Lambert (1901-1906)
- Quo VadisQuo Vadis (automobile)The Quo Vadis was a French cyclecar manufactured in Courbevoie from 1921 until 1923. It featured a twin-cylinder Train engine....
(1921-1923) - RadiorRadiorThe Radior was a French automobile manufactured from 1920 until 1922. A few 1592 cc Ballot-engined cars were assembled by one M. Chapolard, a Rochet-Schneider agent in Bourg-en-Bresse, and sold under this name....
(1920-1922) - Rally (1921-1923)
- RaouvalRaouvalThe Raouval was a French automobile manufactured in Anzin from 1899 until 1902. Similar in design to Léon Lefèvbre's Pygmée, its power unit was an 8 hp twin of 2851 cc....
(1899-1902) - RatierRatierRatier-Figeac ia an aircraft components manufacturer in Montrouge, France.From 1926 until 1930 it also built a car with a 746 cc overhead camshaft engine....
(1926-1930) - RavaillerRavaillerThe Ravailler was a French automobile manufactured only in 1907. Possibly the first successful amphibious car, it was a 20 hp vehicle complete with steel hull, chain drive, and disc wheels with solid tires....
(1907) - Ravel (1900-1902)
- Ravel (1923-1929)
- RebourRebourThe Rebour was a French automobile manufactured from 1905 until 1908. The Puteaux company built "luxury touring cars" and cabs; their model range consisted of 10/12 hp, 18/22 hp, 20/25 hp, and 40/50hp cars. Each was powered by a pair-cast four-cylinder engine....
(1905-1908) - ReyonnahReyonnahReyonnah is a former French automaker. It produced 16 cycle-car style vehicles between 1951 and 1954.- The name :The company was established by a Parisian called Robert Hannoyer. Its name was the ananym of its founder’s name.- The product :...
(1950-1954) - Reyrol (1900-1930)
- Richard-BrasierRichard-BrasierRichard-Brasier was the successor of the early French automobile maker Georges Richard from 1902. The firm made large chain-driven cars.Léon Théry drove the cars to victory in the Gordon Bennett Cup races in 1904 and 1905...
(1902-1905) - Rochet-SchneiderRochet-SchneiderRochet-Schneider was a French company that produced automobiles during the early 20th century. The Rochet-Schneider sales slogan was "strength, simplicity and silence"....
(1894-1932) - Roger (1888-1896)
- Rolland-PilainRolland-PilainRolland-Pilain was a French car maker founded 1905 in Tours by François Rolland and Emile Pilain.The Rolland-Pilain cars pioneered many innovative solutions despite very limited financial resources. One such feature was hydraulic brakes...
(1907-1931) - RoluxRoluxThe Rolux was a French automobile manufactured from 1938 until 1952.The product of a Lyon company better known for making the New-Map motorcycle, the light car, also sold as a New Map, had a single-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, 100 cc engine made by Fichtel and Sachs. The engine was...
(1938-1952) - RosengartLucien RosengartLucien Rosengart was a French engineer.His early life was shaped by carriages and the advance of the automobile age. He first started working as a mechanic at the age of 12, and by age 24 he had a machine shop in Belleville and several patents to his credit...
(1928-1955) - RousselRoussel (automobile)The Roussel was a French automobile manufactured from 1908 to 1914. The company produced light cars, voiturettes, and cabs at a factory in Charleville-Mézières; it offered four-cylinder 10 and 12 hp engines....
(1908-1914) - Roussey (1949-1951)
- RouxelRouxel (car)The Rouxel was a French automobile manufactured from 1899 until 1900. The company produced two models, a De Dion-engined tricycle and a two-speed voiturette with 2½ hp Aster engine....
(1899-1900) - RovinRovinRovin was a French auto-maker active from 1946 until 1959, although after 1953 production slowed to a trickle. The firm was established, initially as a motor-cycle business, in 1921 by the racing driver and motorcycle constructor, Raoul Pegulu, Marquis of Rovin...
(1946-1951) - Ruby (1910-c.1922)
- SalmsonSalmsonSalmson was a French engineering company, initially in the automobile and aeroplane manufacturing area,turning to pump manufacturing in the 1960s.-History:...
(1921-1957) - Sandford (1923-1939)
- SantaxSantaxThe Santax was a French automobile manufactured by Cyclecars Le Santax of Paris from 1920 until 1927. A small cyclecar built with Anzani single-cylinder engines of 125 cc. It got its name from being free of tax due to its small engine....
(1920-1927) - SARA (1923-1930)
- Sautter-Harlé (1907-1912)
- SCAPS.C.A.P.S.C.A.P. was a French manufacturer of cars, existing between 1912 and 1929.S.C.A.P mainly manufactured small four-cylinder engines, with cylinder capacities of 894 cc, and 3.0 litre engines. The factory also produced automobiles, particularly two-seater racing cars...
(1912-1929) - SCAR (1906-1915)
- Scora (1974-present)
- Sénéchal (1921-1927)
- Sensaud de LavaudSensaud de LavaudThe Sensaud de Lavaud was a French automobile manufactured between 1926 and 1928. An unusual car, made in Paris by M. Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud, a Brazilian, it had automatic transmission. The Alpax chassis was cast alloy, and it was powered by a steam-cooled 5475 cc six-cylinder engine of...
(1926-1928) - SERA (1959-1961)
- Sidéa (1912-1924)
- Sigma (1913-1928)
- Silva-CoronerSilva-CoronerThe Silva-Coroner was a French automobile manufactured only in 1927. Built by a M. Silva-Coroner, they were ohv straight-eight-engined cars of 2490 cc....
(1927) - SIMA-Violet (1924-1929)
- SimcaSimcaSimca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi...
(1935-1980) - SimpliciaSimpliciaThe Simplicia was a French automobile manufactured only in 1910. A 10/12 hp light car, it had independent front suspension; the backbone chassis was in unit with its Aster engine and gearbox....
(1910) - SinparSinparThe Sinpar was a French automobile manufactured from 1907 until 1914. The company built De Dion-engined voiturettes in Courbevoie; cars used either 4½ hp or 8 hp power units. An 8 hp four produced from 1912 until 1914 was identical with the 8 hp Demeester....
(1907-1914) - SiscartSiscartThe Siscart was a French automobile manufactured from 1908 until 1909. The company showed three cars - a two-seater 8 hp model, a 12 hp "type course", and a side-entrance 12 hp phaeton - at the 1908 Paris Salon....
(1908-1909) - SixcylSixcylThe Sixcyl was a French automobile manufactured from 1907 until 1908. A product of the Bréguet aviation factory in Paris, the car was built under the supervision of Paul Cheneu; Cheneu additionally offered cars under his own name from 1903. Two models, a 30/50 hp of 6126 cc and a 50/80 hp of 8822...
(1907-1908) - Sizaire-Berwick (1913-1927)
- Sizaire Frères (1923-1929)
- Sizaire-NaudinSizaire-NaudinSizaire Frères et Naudin was a French automobile manufacturer based in Paris between 1905 and 1921.Sizaire-Naudin was founded by Maurice and Georges Sizaire and Louis Naudin in around 1900. The company was registered in 1903...
(1905-1921) - SoncinSoncinSoncin was a French automobile constructed by Louis Soncin and manufactured between 1900 and 1902. A two-seat 4½ hp voiturette, it was the forerunner of the Grégoire. A Soncin raced by Henri François Béconnais set the 1 km speed record on September 21, 1899 at Achères, and the speed record of ...
(1900-1902) - SolanetSolanetThe Solanet was a French rear-engined V-8 automobile made by Count Solanet in 1921. Only one was actually built....
(1921) - Soriano-PedrosoSoriano-PedrosoThe Soriano-Pedroso was a French automobile manufactured in Biarritz from 1919 until 1924. Built by two Spaniards the Marques de San Carlos de Pedroso and the Marques de Ivanrey Ricardo Soriano Sholtz von Hermensdorff, the original models were Ballot-engined 1131 cc and 1590 cc cars...
(1919-1924) - SOVAM (1965-1969)
- SPAG (1927-1928)
- Stabilia (1907-1930)
- Stimula (1907-1914)
- Stimula (1978-1982)
- Suncar (1980-c.1986)
- TalbotTalbotTalbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...
(1919-1932; 1979-1986) - Talbot-LagoTalbot-LagoTalbot-Lago was a French automobile manufacturer based in Suresnes, Hauts de Seine, outside of Paris.-Origins:The Anglo-French STD combine collapsed in 1935. The French Talbot company was acquired and reorganised by a Venetian born engineer called Anthony Lago and after that, the Talbot-Lago...
(1932-1959) - Théophile Schneider (1910-1931)
- Thomson (1913-1928)
- ToureyToureyThe Tourey was a French automobile manufactured by Jules Tourey only in 1898. A 4 hp model called the "Petit Duc", it was similar to the Benz....
(1898) - TracfordTracfordTracford was a short lived French automobile manufacturing venture that lasted from 1933 to 1935.In 1933, Louis Carle, a director of Ford , founded Automobiles Tracford...
(1933-1935) - TractaTractaTracta was a French car maker based in Asnières, Seine, that was active between 1926 and 1934 . They were pioneers of front wheel drive vehicles....
(1926-1934) - TriouleyreTriouleyreThe Triouleyre was a French automobile manufactured between 1896 and 1898. The car had a rear mounted give horsepower horizontal engine along the lines of a Benz driving the back axle through belts and chains. Two started in the 1896 Paris-Marseille and Paris-Nantes races but failed to finish....
(1896-1898) - Turcat-MéryTurcat-Méry-External links:*...
(1899-1928) - Turgan-Foy (1899-1906)
- UnicUnicUnic was a French car manufacturer firm founded by Georges Richard in 1906 after having left Richard-Brasier. Société anonyme des automobiles UNIC was established in Puteaux with two-cylinder and four-cylinder models. The 1943 cc 12 CV four-cylinder model was extremely successful and...
(1904-1939) - UrricUrricThe Urric was a French automobile manufactured between 1905 and 1906. Called a "well-conceived" voiturette, it was shown at the Paris Salon of 1905.-References:*David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles....
(1905-1906) - Utilis (1921-1924)
- VaillantVaillant (automobile)The Vaillant was a French automobile built in Lyon from 1922 to 1924. It was a cyclecar which used a Chapuis-Dornier engine of either 961 cc or 1350 cc.-References:David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles....
(1922-1924) - Vallée (1895-1902)
- VELAMVELAMVELAM was a French automobile manufacturer that made VELAM microcars under the licence of the Isetta from the Italian Iso...
(1955-1957) - Venturi (1984-2000) Now owned by a MonegasqueMonacoMonaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
businessman (2001-present) - Vermorel (1898-1930)
- Vilain (1900-1902)
- Vinot-Deguingand (1901-1926)
- VirusVirus (automobile)Virus was a French Automobile.Garage Renouvier, owned by Pierre Brissonnet, in Rue de Renouvier, Paris built cyclecars designed by a certain Renaud between 1930 and 1935 and raced at the Bol d'Or, almost always with an engine with 1100 cc....
(1930-1935) - VoisinAvions VoisinAvions Voisin was a French luxury automobile brand established by Gabriel Voisin.Gabriel B. Voisin was an aviation pioneer and manufacturer who in 1919 started producing cars using Knight-type sleeve valve engines at Issy-les-Moulineaux, an industrial suburb to the South West of Paris.Former...
(1919-1939) - Westinghouse (1904-1912)
- Willam (1966-c.1990)
- XX (automobile)The X was a French automobile produced between 1908 and 1909. Little is known about the marque, other than the fact that "an unknown quantity" was manufactured at Kremlin-Bicêtre, and that one model was shown at the 1908 Paris Salon....
(1908-1909)
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