Automoto was a French bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1902, which joined with the

Peugeot Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and then ...

group in 1930 and was fully absorbed by 1962. Prior to

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

Automoto sourced engines from Chaise, Zurcher,

J.A.P. JA Prestwich Industries, was a British engineering equipment manufacturing company named after founder John Alfred Prestwich, which was formed in 1951 by the amalgamation of J.A.Prestwich and Company Limited and Pencils Ltd. History John Pres ...

, and Villers. Engines produced by Ateliers de Mécanique du Centre (AMC) were also used after 1945.

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Cycles Automoto: Setting the Standard
Defunct motorcycle manufacturers of France {{Motorcycle-stub