Berliet 20hp Closed swing seat Tonneau (1903) Engine 40 HP Straight Four
Country of Origin France
Registration Number D 1016 (Kent)
London-Brighton Number 380
Body - Tourer
Entrant Andrew Watt
Owner John Tanner
BERLIET ALBUM
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Berliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and military vehicles established in 1899 by Marius Berliet and based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France. Some single-cylinder cars were followed in 1900 by a twin-cylinder model. In 1902, Berliet took over the plant of Audibert & Lavirotte in Lyon after which four cylinder automobiles followed with a distinctive honeycomb radiator and steel chassis frame was used instead of wood. In 1906, Berliet sold the licence for manufacturing his model to the American Locomotive Company.
The First World War led to a massive increase in demand.[2] Berliet, like Renault and Latil, Berliet were commissioned to build trucks for the French Army. By 1916 25,000 of these 4/5 tonleft the Berliet factory which was also contracted to the production of shells and battle tanks at this time. Post war production shifted back to production cars along with a single model 5 ton truck. In 1919 the company was hit hard by the failure of its new model, the Berliet type VB was effectively a copy of the US built Dodge, a robust car, but built by Berliet with inferior steel the cars market failure took the company to the brink of bancruptcy with an uptern in the overall car market just about saving the company. Regular passenger car production ceased in 1939 and after World War II, the company produced trucks only, with buses added to the range later. However, more than 20 brand-new sedans were in the factory when the Germans requisitioned it in June 1940. The company was given back to the family in 1949, but to Marius Berliet's son Paul who had died in 1948. With production now concentrated on trucks.
In August 1967, it was reported that Berliet had been taken over by Citroën By this time, Michelin owned both Citroën and Berliet. However, after the 1973 oil crisis, Michelin decided to divest itself of these two companies in order to concentrate on its tyre business. Thus, in 1974 Berliet was sold to Renault, while Citroën was sold to Peugeot. Renault then proceeded to merge Berliet with Saviem to form Renault Véhicules Industriels in 1978.
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