Clément Motor Company was established in 1906 by

Adolphe Clément-Bayard Gustave Adolphe Clément, from 1909 Clément-Bayard (22 September 1855 – 10 March 1928), was a French entrepreneur. An orphan who became a blacksmith and a ''Compagnons du Tour de France, Compagnon du Tour de France'', he went on to race and m ...

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, England, to build

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cars, sometimes known as

Clément-Gladiator The Gladiator Cycle Company, Clément-Gladiator (from 1896), 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 va ...

s, under licence. Some of these cars were equipped with engines manufactured nearby in Saint-Denis Paris by

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in single, twin or four cylinder configurations. The complex inter-relationships of the French and English motor industry at that time (see Adolphe Clément-Bayard - Motor manufacturing) meant that the cars were marketed with the slogan ''Simply Clément, nothing else'' to avoid confusion with

Clément-Talbot Clément-Talbot Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer with its works in Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London, founded in 1903. The new business's capital was arranged by Charles Chetwynd-Talbot (whose family name became the brand- ...

s which by then were known only as Talbot. Various sources record that motorcars were manufactured and sold under the ''Clément'' brand between 1907 (1908) and 1914. The company is recorded as Clément Motor company Ltd., Coventry, Warwickshire.Chello Database of Motor manufacturers
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clement Motor Company Coventry motor companies Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1906 Brass Era vehicles 1906 establishments in England