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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.
Aug 23, 2010 · Panhard et Levassor was established in 1887, and built its first car in 1891 based on a license of the Daimler patent. But instead of the rear engine that the first Daimler and Benz cars used, Panhard placed the engine and radiator at the front, with rear driven wheels, and a crude sliding-gear transmission.
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René Panhard (born 1841, Paris—died 1908, La Bourbole, Fr.) was a French automobile engineer and manufacturer who, with Émile Levassor, produced the first vehicle with an internal-combustion engine mounted at the front of the chassis rather than under the driver’s seat.
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Mar 25, 2010 · Learn about Panhard, one of the earliest pioneers of the automobile, and its post-war era of ultra-efficient two-cylinder cars. See how Panhard developed the first FR car, the Dyna X, and its sporty variants, and how it influenced the future of car design.
Originally known as Panhard et Levassor, the company was one of the largest automobile producers in France before WW1. Panhard cars were well known due to their racing exploits as well as being used as presidential cars between 1913 and 1920.
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Feb 23, 2020 · Automotive History Online. Panhard PL 17: The Two-Cylinder Tiger. French Cars 02/23/2020. Today our feature car is a 1960 Panhard PL 17, a highly unconventional car with its origins in the 1940s and the imagination of talented French engineer Jean-Albert Grégoire.
