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Panhard & Levassor - Pioneers in Automobile Excellence

Panhard & Levassor was a ground-breaking company whose innovations set the standard for modern motoring. Not only was it the first company to produce a vehicle with an internal combustion engine mounted at the head of the chassis rather than under the driver's seat, the entire 'Panhard' layout of engine, gearbox, shaft drive to rigid rear axle, set the standard which is still used today.

Author David Beare follows the fortunes of the company and its two founders, the affable and portly Rene Panhard complementing the intelligent and somewhat haughty Emile Levassor.
From the late 1800s through the two world wars, they continued to produce revolutionary designs, including sleeve valves, monocoque chassis units and the new economy cars with air-cooled flat-twin engines and bodies and chassis made largely of aluminium.

As an important contributor to the design and performance of their subsequent road cars, Panhard & Levassor's pioneering competition successes in early road-racing in the period from 1894 to 1903 are also covered, when the company was at the forefront of motor-racing technology and won many races.
The story ends with the take-over of the company by Citroen, which ultimately absorbed the Panhard & Levassor creative genius into their own designs.

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La grande histoire de la petite Dyna Panhard

De Panhard Dyna werd op het Salon de Paris van 1946 geïntroduceerd als kleine goedkope wagen. Opvallend waren de 2 cilinder luchtgekoelde motor, de voorwielaandrijving en de lichtmetalen carrosserie. Dit rijk geïllustreerde boek beschrijft de ontwikkeling en levensloop van deze bijzondere Panhard.

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La Panhard Dyna Z de mon père

Dit naslagwerk geeft een schat aan informatie over de geschiedenis en ontwikkeling van de Panhard Dyna.

Zowel de techniek als de varianten van de Dyna worden uitgebreid beschreven. Bovendien bevat dit boek uit de serie "La voiture de mon père" liefst 230, vaak nooit eerder gepubliceerde foto's alsook technische gegevens van de verschillende modellen.

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Panhard & Levassor pionnier de l'industrie automobile (Collection Prestige)

In 1845, Jean-Louis Périn created a small workshop for manufacturing woodworking machines. He could never have imagined that his initiative would lead, less than half a century later, to a founding event of global significance: the birth of the automobile industry!

In 1889, his future partners, René Panhard and Emile Levassor, decided to design a motor car and market it in small series. They saw this as an excellent opportunity to promote the qualities of the petroleum engine created by the German Gottlieb Daimler, for whom their company had acquired the manufacturing license.
This project came to fruition with the construction of a prototype in 1890, the publication of an advertising catalogue in August 1891, and finally the delivery of the first car on October 30.

All the details of this incredible saga are told in this book, from the beginnings of Jean-Louis Périn's workshop to the outbreak of the Second World War, including an in-depth study of areas as varied as the expansion of the company, motor racing, commercial strategy, the valveless engine, the sale of cars for export (supported by very precise figures by country), the delivery of engines to Peugeot, the evolution of the ranges, military vehicles, including the incredible Châtillon-Panhard tractor with four-wheel drive and steering from 1912, aeronautics, marine engines, gasifiers and utility vehicles, among others.

There are even lists of famous customers with precise identification of their cars!

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La Panhard PL 17 de mon pére

De Panhard PL 17, gelanceerd in juni 1959, ontstond tussen de naoorlogse jaren 50 en de bloeiende jaren 60. Door beperkte middelen werd geen volledig nieuw ontwerp gemaakt, maar een slimme evolutie van de Dyna, met een frisse uitstraling.

Dit bleek een succes: een hertekende voor- en achterkant gaven de auto een nieuw uiterlijk zonder de trouwe klanten te verliezen, wat de levensduur verlengde. De krachtige Tigre-motor vergrootte zijn aantrekkingskracht.

Dit boek vertelt de volledige geschiedenis van de Panhard PL 17, die in 1963 werd omgedoopt tot "17", tot aan het einde van de productie in mei 1965. Sedans, bestelwagens, cabriolets, stationwagens en zelfs Zuid-Amerikaanse versies komen aan bod, evenals boeiende anekdotes.

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Toutes les Panhard 1890-1967

Considered the fourth largest French manufacturer (after Renault, Peugeot and Citroën), Panhard is also the oldest automobile company in the world!
The one called the doyenne of brands, has been selling automobiles since 1891.

Panhard first built luxury and exclusive models and then popular cars in order to reach a wider clientele and meet post-war demand. But all these achievements have intelligence and technical innovation in common.
Unable to adapt its industrial tool, the company finally had to give up automobile production in 1967.

In this book, the author retraces, in a chronological manner, this entire epic by deciphering, year after year, the evolution of each model and by relating the history of the brand. The technical characteristics, known prices and production figures are also mentioned.
Finally, the reader will find a detailed chapter devoted to the different uses of the Panhard engine. Many period photos illustrate this book to take you on a journey into the Panhard universe...

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