Berliet Truck Books - History and Models

Les camions Berliet en publicités 1956-1958

Berliet is certainly the most emblematic and representative brand in the world of French trucks, due to its seniority - its first truck was built in 1907 -, the extent of its ranges and the variety of types of vehicles manufactured.
Berliet has always been very prolific in advertising documents, at least one document being published for each current model. These advertisements, which include the basic technical characteristics, are of great interest to enthusiasts and collectors alike. Over a given period, they allow the entire range to be reconstructed and the models to be properly situated.

This book brings together a selection of printed documents from 1956 to 1958, some of which are difficult to find today. They concern the "R" models, that is to say the last chassis to be equipped with Ricardo injection engines, before the arrival of the Magic direct injection engines.
Accompanied by a few photos, they will immerse the reader in the wonderful world of the fifties in Vénissieux.

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Author:	Jean-François Colombet
Details:	144 pages, 31.5 x 23 cm / 12.4 x 9.1 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Histoire & Collections (F, 2021)
ISBN:	9791038011588

Berliet 1961-1963

For Berliet, the early sixties were rich in symbolism. Indeed, this period saw the beginning of the Common Market and the lifting of customs barriers intended to free up access to the German, Italian, Belgian and Dutch markets.
The locomotive brand equipped itself with structures that would allow it to position itself favorably in the face of these new outlets and developed specific vehicles adapted to the codes of the new markets.

At the same time, Berliet maintained its export efforts, particularly in black Africa, the Maghreb, Cuba and the People's Republic of China. Finally, the Vénissieux manufacturer pursued a policy of intense renewal of its French range in order to be able to maintain its positions in the face of its traditional competitors such as Saviem and Unic but also in the face of new competitors with long teeth from Germany, Italy and Great Britain.

The period 1961-1963 is that of the presentation of the Relaxe M3 cabin with hood which has symbolic value since it is this which will make known the brand or will reinforce its image in the four corners of the world. These are years rich in events and novelties that we invite you to discover in this book.

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Author:	Jean-François Colombet
Details:	144 pages, 31.5 x 23 x 13 cm / 12.4 x 9.1 x 5.12 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Histoire & Collections (F, 2022)
ISBN:	9791038012707

Berliet - une histoire industrielle lyonnaise

Automobiles Berliet was one of the most prestigious companies in Lyon. The locomotive company is known for having invented the CBA truck of the Voie sacrée de Verdun, the GLR and its five-cylinder Diesel engine, the Stradair, or the T100 and the Gazelle, true ships of the desert.

The epic began in 1895 when Marius Berliet manufactured his first car. After the automobile, he bet on the truck. Bold new choices, Diesel, gasobois, allowed the company to overcome the interwar crisis. After the dark years of the Second World War, Berliet, which had abandoned the manufacture of cars and vans, became the leading French manufacturer of heavy goods vehicles.

True to its reputation, the company continued to innovate and invest. But in 1974, as part of the restructuring of the French automobile industry, Berliet became a subsidiary of Régie Renault and joined the Renault Véhicules Industriels group with Saviem. The author invites you to discover this company, which will forever be associated with the history of the Lyon car.

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Author:	Roland Racine
Details:	128 pages, 23 x 16 cm / 9.1 x 6.3 in, paperback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w photos
Publisher:	Editions Alan Sutton (F, 2008)
ISBN:	9782849108628

Tous les Berliet Militaires, 1914-1940 (Volume 1) - Les Camions

Marius Berliet, the most illustrious of the French pioneers of industrial vehicles, embarked on the then fledgling path of the military truck in 1906. From success to success, many times winner of endurance events, he developed on the eve of the Great War the immortal CBA which would become one of the symbols of the Sacred Way at Verdun and of the victory of 1918, "the French road having defeated the German rail".

After the Great War, the great Lyon manufacturer remained one of the most important suppliers to the French army. The very hard service in Morocco during the Rif War (1925-1926) completed the popularization of military Berliet and, at the time of rearmament in the face of the new German threat, the Vénissieux factory produced thousands of 3.5-ton and 5-ton trucks, tarpaulins or tankers, as well as special 7.5-ton heavy-duty trucks and 15-ton tank transporters.
All these models, and many others, are reviewed in this volume.

This book devoted to the Berliet is the third in a rich collection intended to cover all the vehicles used by the French army, all manufacturers combined.
Each book, very visual, reviews the models systematically, following a chronological classification, with for each the most beautiful photographs, the detailed technical sheets and, as far as it was possible to find them, the original registrations.
In addition, the main models are presented in color, allowing collectors and modelers to discover their period liveries.

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Author:	François Vauvillier
Details:	66 pages, 24 x 20 cm / 9 x 7.9 in, paperback
Illustrations:	140 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Histoire & Collections (F, 2019)
ISBN:	9782352504962

Le Berliet GLR - Le camion du siècle

The GLR is more than a truck, it is a symbol. The symbol of a brand first of all, because if the manufacturer with the locomotive has produced more than a thousand different models, it is the GLR that is the most emblematic, the best known and the best-selling too.
The GLR is a summary of Berliet, which concentrates all the qualities of the brand's trucks: robustness, reliability, longevity and economy. The GLR is also the symbol of an era, that of the Trente Glorieuses. It is also the symbol of France's industrial dynamism.

Produced in total in nearly 100, 000 copies with the TLR tractor, it will be widely exported, mainly to new countries but not only. Finally, the GLR symbolizes a state of mind, focused on customer satisfaction, through the supply of quality equipment, efficient and economical to use, but also of a flawless service.

This work aims to give an overview of the vehicle, its history, its manufacturer and the men who designed it, and also to explain why it has become an icon of the world of industrial vehicles, in France and abroad, justifying its status as "truck of the century", obtained in 1994 by a vote organized by the magazine Les Routiers...

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Author:	Jean-François Colombet
Details:	144 pages, 31 x 23 cm / 12.2 x 9.1 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Histoire & Collections (F, 2020)
ISBN:	9791038010024