Berliet

Automobiles M. Berliet
Automobiles M. Berliet SA (1917-1942)
Berliet & Cie (1942-1944)
Automobiles M. Berliet (1949-1974)
Founded1899 (1899)[1]
FounderMarius Berliet
Defunct1978 (1978)
FateMerged with Saviem into Renault Véhicules Industriels in 1978
SuccessorRenault Trucks
Headquarters
Vénissieux, France
Key people
Paul Berliet (son of founder)
ProductsAutomobiles, buses, military vehicles, trucks
ParentCitroën (1968-1974)
Renault (1974-1978)

Berliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and military vehicles among other vehicles based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France. Founded in 1899, and apart from a five-year period from 1944 to 1949 when it was put into 'administration sequestre' it was in private ownership until 1967 when it then became part of Citroën, and subsequently acquired by Renault in 1974 and merged with Saviem into a new Renault Trucks company in 1978. The Berliet marque was phased out by 1980.

  1. ^ "Berliet (Automobiles)". Patrons de France. Retrieved 15 October 2012.[permanent dead link]