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Automobiles Charron, Girardot & Voigt SA (trade mark C.G.V.) was a French motor manufacturer founded by the racing cyclists and motorists
Charron Girardot & Voigt Puteaux, France
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Automobiles Charron, Girardot & Voigt SA (trade mark C.G.V.) was a French motor manufacturer founded by the racing cyclists and motorists Fernand Charron
Fernand Charron (30 May 1866, in Angers – 13 August 1928, in Maisons-Laffitte) was a French Innovator, pioneer of motor racing and automobile manufacturing. He started his sporting career as a successful cycle sport, cyclist.
In 1891 he won the ...
, Léonce Girardot and Émile Voigt.
History
They opened one of the first Frenchcar dealership
A car dealership, or car dealer, is a business that sells new or used cars, at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or its sales subsidiary. Car dealerships also often sell spare parts and automotive maintena ...
s in 1897, on Avenue de la Grande Armée in Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
and raced Panhard et Levassor
Panhard was a French motor vehicle manufacturer that began as one of the first makers of automobiles. It was a manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles. Its final incarnation, now owned by Renault Trucks Defense, was formed b ...
s in the major motoring events. Automobiles Charron, Girardot et Voigt SA showed their first car in 1901. In 1904, they produced 216 cars with 4 cylinder engines, which sold for up to £1200 in England. In 1905, Voigt was sole importer to the USA of C.G.V. cars.''cartype.com'', accessed 24 January 2021
Automobiles Charron
Automobiles Charron, Girardot et Voigt SA became '' Automobiles Charron'' in 1906 when both Girardot and Voigt left, and it continued trading until 1930.Motor-boats
In May 1905 MadameCamille du Gast
Camille du Gast (Marie Marthe Camille Desinge du Gast, Camille Crespin du Gast, 30 May 1868 – 24 April 1942) was one of a trio of pioneering French female motoring celebrities of the ''Belle Epoque'', together with Hélène de Rothschild (Baro ...
competed in the trans-Mediterranean race from Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
to Toulon
Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...
, having built the steel-hulled ''Camille'' specifically for the event, fitted with a 90-horsepower Charron, Girardot et Voigt engine.Hydroplane History - French Launches and Launch Engines of 1905 by W. P. Stephens. (Transcribed from ''The Rudder'', May 1905, p. 283-287)1 April 2010, ''www.lesliefield.com'', accessed 24 January 2021
See also
*Charron (automobile)
Charron was a French automobile manufacturer, based in the Paris conurbation, and active between 1906 and 1930.
Although the company Automobiles Charron Limited was established (with a large injection of British finance) only in 1906 (and regist ...
References
Reading list
* Harald Linz, Halwart Schrader: ''Die große Automobil-Enzyklopädie.'' BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, München 1986, {{ISBN, 3-405-12974-5. (German) Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France French companies established in 1897 Manufacturing companies established in 1897