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BERLIET - A BRIEF HISTORY


Though the Berliet company is known in France as a truck-maker, from 1899 to 1939 it also made automobiles. The founder, Marius Berliet, was an extraordinary character - a self-made man who... Read more
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Though the Berliet company is known in France as a truck-maker, from 1899 to 1939 it also made automobiles. The founder, Marius Berliet, was an extraordinary character - a self-made man who established his business near Lyon, France’s second city, rather than near Paris where most other French manufacturers were based.

Marius Berliet founded an industrial empire which, by 1967, was producing 15,240 trucks a year. Berliet’s cars were reliable and mechanically solid. In the words of René Bellu "one buys a Berliet not from passion but from common-sense".

Berliet - a Brief History has 114 pages with colour and b/w images, 8 chapters, detailed picture captions, a page of bibliography and references.

Chapters: 

  • The Early Years: 1905-1920
  • A Decade of Success: 1921-1931
  • Disastrous Diesels: 1931-1933
  • Problems, problems: 1931-1935
  • Chaos: 1936-1940
  • Trucks and more trucks: 1936-1960
  • A Revolution - the Berliet Stradair
  • The End

Product specification

Binding
In paperback
Pages
114
Languages
English
Publication date
01/2024
Dimensions
21 x 29,5 x 1 cm

Additional information

Book type or Series
History - Descriptive

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