The Amiot, later known as the Amiot-Peneau, was a French tractor-type vehicle manufactured in

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from 1897 to 1902. It was not an

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per se; rather, it was a

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used to convert horse-drawn carriages into motor cars. These devices were quite popular at the time in France and were known as "avant-train", and the Amiot was one of the first on the market. The original Amiot was a four-wheeled unit with a Cyclope or Augé engine; an electric version was also manufactured. The Amiot-Peneau was two-wheeled.

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* Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Editor

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