Charron-Laycock
Sign in to saveCharron-Laycock is an English automobile manufacturer founded in 1919 by Davison Dalziel following the merger of the companies Charron Limited (formerly Automobiles Charron-Girardot-Voigt (CGV) founded in 1902 by Fernand Charron, Léonce Girardot and Émile Voigt) and W.S. Laycock founded by William Samuel Laycock.
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- Instance of
- automobile manufacturer
- Headquarters
- Puteaux
- Industry
- automotive industry
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- inception
- 1919-00-00
- Commons category
- Charron vehicles
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1930-01-01
- director / manager
- Fernand Charron
- product or material produced
- car
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Automobiles Charron, Girardot et Voigt (CGV)
- Charron Limited
- Charron-Laycock
- All change
- After the war
- The cars
- Pre-war
- 1919 Motor show
- 1924 Motor Show
- Later years
- Motor-boats
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Charron-Laycock is an English automobile manufacturer founded in 1919 by Davison Dalziel following the merger of the companies Charron Limited (formerly Automobiles Charron-Girardot-Voigt (CGV) founded in 1902 by Fernand Charron, Léonce Girardot and Émile Voigt) and W.S. Laycock founded by William Samuel Laycock.
Producing around 300 vehicles a year at the beginning of the 20th century, its clients included Charles I, Louis Blériot, André Michelin, William Kissam Vanderbilt and James Gordon Bennett Jr. Charron-Laycock was hailed as the Rolls-Royce of small cars by The Times in 1921.
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