Buchet
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1899 start of automobile engine production
1911 start of automobile production
Ivry, France (1888 - 1919)
73 Rue de Sèvres, Billancourt, France (1919-1930)
Paris showroom
68 Avenue de la Grande Armée, Paris
Motorcycles
Engines
| Founded | 1888 1899 start of automobile engine production 1911 start of automobile production |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Factory: Ivry, France (1888 - 1919) 73 Rue de Sèvres, Billancourt, France (1919-1930) Paris showroom 68 Avenue de la Grande Armée, Paris |
Key people | Élie-Victor Buchet |
| Products | Automobiles Motorcycles Engines |
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Buchet (French: [by.ʃɛ]) was a French motorcycle and automobile manufacturer between 1899 and 1930.
Société Buchet was founded in 1888 at Levallois-Perret as a producer of lamps. In 1899 Élie-Victor Buchet began to manufacture engines for auto-makers. Buchet engines were also used to power other manufacturers' aircraft (from 1906), and motorcycles.
The business
It was not till 1911, initially at Levallois-Perret, and after 1919 at Billancourt, that Buchet started to produce cars of its own.[1]
In 1919 the company was purchased by Gaston Sailly and renamed Gaston Sailly, Moteurs et Automobiles Buchet, with a new factory at Billencourt.[2] The cars continued to be branded with the "Buchet" name, however.
By the end of the decade Buchet was one of a number of automakers to find itself competed out of business by France's by now increasingly dominant larger auto-makers. Activity ceased at the factory at the end of 1929, and in 1930 Buchet went out of business.[3]
