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Berliet had been a French manufacturer connected with automobiles, buses, trucks and military motor vehicles among other vehicles located in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France. Founded in 1899, and apart from a new five-year period from 1944 to 1949 when ıt had been put into 'administration sequestre' it absolutely was in private ownership until 1967 when after that it became part of Citroën, and subsequently acquired by means of Renault in 1974 as well as merged with Saviem in a new Renault Trucks corporation in 1978. The Berliet marque was phased out by 1980.Marius Berliet started the experiments with automobiles inside 1894. Some single-cylinder cars ended up followed in 1900 by the twin-cylinder model. In 1902, Berliet took over the actual plant of Audibert & Lavirotte in Lyon. Berliet started to build four-cylinder automobiles featured by the honeycomb radiator and aluminum chassis frame was used rather then wood. The next year, a model was launched that was similar to contemporary Mercedes. In 1906, Berliet sold the license for manufacturing his model on the American Locomotive Company.

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Prior to World War I, Berliet offered a range of models from 8 CV to 60 CV. The main models received four-cylinder engines (2412 closed circuit and 4398 cc, respectively), and there was a six-cylinder model of 9500 cc. A 1539 cc design (12 CV) ended up being produced between 1910 and 1912. From 1912, six-cylinder models were manufactured upon individual orders merely.The First World War generated a massive increase sought after. Berliet, like Renault and Latil, produced trucks for this French army. The military orders placed major demands about the factory's capacity, necessitating major investment throughout production plant and manufacturing plant space.In 1915 a 500 hectare site was obtained between Vénissieux et Saint-Priest so as to build a new main factory.The Berliet CBA evolved into the iconic truck for the Voie Sacrée, supplying the battle entry at Verdun during 1916. 25, 000 of these 4/5 ton Berliet trucks, originally launched in 1914, were ordered by the particular French army. During 1916 40 of these were leaving the plant on a daily basis. Under license from Renault, Berliet were also generating shells and battle tanks right now. The number of personnel employed increased to 3, 150.By 1917 the importance of annual turnover acquired multiplied fourfold since the beginning of the war, and a new authorized structure was deemed appropriate. The company became the particular Société anonyme des Vehicles Marius Berliet.As soon as the war the manufacturer reoriented section of its production back in order to passenger cars, but Berliet nevertheless found themselves with excess capacity, as the army was will no longer buying all the vans the factory could create, and overall output halved.Marius Berliet responded to the outbreak of peace by deciding to create just a single type of truck and a single style of car, which represented a departure from his pre-war industry strategy. The single truck where Berliet focused was the particular 5 ton CBA that had served the nation so well during the particular war.

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The passenger car to become produced, exhibited on the Berliet stand on the 15th Paris Motor Present in October 1919, was the 3296cc (15HP/CV) "Torpedo" bodied "Berliet Kind VB" of modern look. Marius Berliet was not just one to miss a tip: rather than devote time period and engineering talent to having a new car for the revolutionary decade, he obtained and replicated an American Dodge. The Dodge was once robust, and the Berliet copy was well received in March 1919 when this had its first open public outing, locally, at the Lyon Trade Fair. The headlights were mounted unusually high plus the simple disc wheels were being large, giving the car an enjoyable "no nonsense" look. Particularly attractive was the price of just 11, 800 francs in October 1919. Unfortunately, however, the Berliet engineers failed in order that the steel used within the car's construction was from the same quality as the Us steel used for your Dodge, and this resulted in series problems to the early customers of the particular "Berliet Type VB" and serious reputational damage to the company.

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The factory was set up to create the "Berliet Type VB" on the rate of 100 cars daily which would have already been an ambitious target underneath any circumstances. The rapid drop-off sought after for what at this stage was the manufacturer's solely passenger car model that followed the quality issues plunged the small business into financial difficulties, with losses of second there’s 55 million francs recorded available as one year. Survival was in skepticism, and Berliet was placed in judicial administration in 1921. Marius Berliet himself had held 88% with the share capital, but was unable to all the company's creditors and the firm therefore fell into your hands of the banking companies. Berliet was nevertheless capable to retain operational control. During the ensuring few years, supported by a sustained recovery sought after that in turn reflected a simple yet effective model strategy after 1922, Berliet was able to repay his debtors and, in 1929, to regain financial control on the business from the banking institutions.

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