Clément-Stirling was a type of auto-mobile manufactured from 1898. It was fundamentally a French

Clément-Panhard Clément-Panhard is an automobile designed in 1898 by Arthur Constantin Krebs, manager of Panhard & Levassor co, from his 1896 patent of a car fitted with an electromagnetic gearbox, whose licence was acquired by Émile Levassor. When Adolphe Clé ...

that was exported to Great Britain and sold by the Scottish coachbuilder 'Stirling' of Edinburgh as the 'Stirling dog cart'. Some were badged ' Stirling-Panhard' and others as 'Clément-Stirling'.Clément-Panhard
, ''The Encyclopedia of Motoring''

Adolphe Clément ''Adolphe'' is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellénore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illicit ...

was a director of

Panhard-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 ...

, and when the factory could not meet the production requirements for circa 500 units of the 1898 'voiture légère' ('dog cart') model, he undertook manufacture under licence at his factory in

Levallois-Perret Levallois-Perret () is a Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department and Île-de-France Regions of France, region of north-central France. It lies on the right bank of the Seine, some from the Kilometre z ...

. It was designed by airship pioneer Commandant

Arthur Krebs Arthur Constantin Krebs (16 November 1850 – 22 March 1935) was a French officer and pioneer in automotive engineering. Life Collaborating with Charles Renard, Krebs piloted the first fully controlled free-flight made in the French ...

, of Panhard, and used a tubular chassis, centre-pivot steering, near-horizontal rear-mounted engine with automatic inlet valve and hot-tube ignition, driving through a constant-mesh gear-train, and final drive by side chains and early models had no reverse gear.Motorbase, Clément-Panhard
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/ref> English patent is dated 09/02/1899. Clement-Panhard English patent
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clement-Stirling Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1898 Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Paris Veteran vehicles Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Scotland