Panhard

thumb|Panhard et Levassor (1887–1895). This model was the first registered automobile in Portugal. thumb|Panhard et Levassor'sDaimler Motor Carriage, 1894 thumb|Panhard et Levassor (1896) thumb|12 h.p. Panhard, ca. 1902 thumb|1933 Panhard et Levassor X74 thumb|1937 Panhard et Levassor Dynamic thumb|1955 DB Panhard HBR thumb|right|1960 Panhard DB Le Mans thumb|1964 Panhard 24CT 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 by the acquisition of Panhard by Auverland in 2005, and then by Renault in 2012. In 2018, Renault Trucks Defense, ACMAT and Panhard combined under a single brand, Arquus.

==History== Panhard was originally called Panhard et Levassor, and was established as an automobile manufacturing concern by René Panhard, Émile Levassor, and Belgian lawyer Edouard Sarazin in 1887.