PANHARD LEVASSOR

PANHARD LEVASSOR – year 1891

Manufacturer: Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Panhard & Levassor, Paris, France

It is difficult to imagine the development of the automotive industry in France without its pioneers - Panhard and Levassor. Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor, both …

BENZ PATENT MOTOR CAR

BENZ PATENT MOTOR CAR – year 1885/86

Manufacturer: Benz & Co., Rhenish gas engine factory, Mannheim, Germany

It appeared in the commercial register of the city of Mannheim in 1885 r. the name of the new company - Benz & Co., Rhenish gas engine factory. Company partner Carl Benz began building a travel vehicle, …

Marcus

MARCUS – 1875 year

Manufacturer: Liechtenstein's Machine Works, Adamów, Austria-Hungary

Siegfried Marcus was born in 1831 r. in Malchin, Mecklenburg. He was employed as a mechanic at Siemens Halske in Berlin. W 1852 r. he moved to Vienna, where he worked …

Cugno

COOKING – 1770 year

Manufacturer: N. J. Cugno, Paris, France

In Lorraine, St. 1725 r. Nicolas Joseph Cugnot was born, who from an early age promised to be a promising inventor and rationalizer. Not having adequate financial resources for his experiments, …

Tatra

Tatra

W 1897 r. car production began in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. W 1896 r. through the textile manufacturer Theodor von Liebieg from Reichenberg (today's Liberec) Wagons factory in Koprzywnica - Nesselsdorfer Wagenbaufabrik - bought a one-cylinder Benz vehicle and a 2-cylinder engine, on …

ROLLS-ROYCE

ROLLS-ROYCE

Frederick Henry Royce was born in 1863 r. w Alwatore Lincolnshire. Initially, he dealt with electrical engineering. He became independent having 21 years. He started with the production of generators and electrical equipment sold by a Claremont partner. in 1903. company F. H. The Royce Company went bankrupt, …

RENAULT

RENAULT

At the turn of the century, many technicians started building cars. A small workshop was enough for them, blacksmith's stove, lathe. Only a few pioneers in the automotive industry have managed to achieve their intentions on a large scale. One of them was Louis Renault.

W 1898 r. built …

PEUGEOT

PEUGEOT

W 1810 r. brothers Jean Frederick and Jean Pierre Peugeot founded a small steel foundry in Sous-Cretet, which became the foundation of the later family business. W 1885 r. the third generation of the Peugeot family, bracia Eugene and Armand, began to think about transformation …

PANHARD & LEVASSOR

PANHARD & LEVASSOR

Firma Panhard & Levassor contributed to the construction of the first French car in 1891 r. Behind the creation and history of the brand there are several people and events that deserve to be remembered.

The engine manufacturer Gottlieb Daimler had a representative in Paris …