Chenard-Walcker

Chenard & Walcker
Chenard-Walcker
Industrymanufacture of motor vehicles
vehicle construction Edit this on Wikidata
Founded19 January 1899
Registered 1900 as Chenard, Walcker et Compagnie
Registered 1906 as Société Anonyme des Anciens Étabissements Chenard et Walcker
Defunct1946 (1946)
FatePurchased by Chausson in 1936 following bankruptcy, after which the name continued to be used into the mid-1940s
Headquarters
Asnières-sur-Seine, France (1899 - 1908)
Gennevilliers, France (1908 - 1946)
Key people
Ernest Chenard (1861–1922)
Henri Walcker (1877–1912)
Lucien Chenard (1896–1971)
ProductsAutomobiles
Commercial vehicles

Chenard-Walcker, also known as Chenard & Walcker, was a French automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer from 1898 to 1946. Chenard-Walcker then designed and manufactured trucks marketed via Peugeot sales channels until the 1970s. The factory was at first in Asnières-sur-Seine moving to Gennevilliers in 1906.[1] The make is remembered as the winner of the first Le Mans 24 Hours Race in 1923.

  1. ^ G.N. Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.