List of automobile manufacturers of France

This is a list of current and defunct automobile manufacturers of France.

Major current manufacturers

• Citroën (PSA group)
• Peugeot (PSA group)
• Renault (Renault–Nissan Alliance)

Minor current manufacturers

• ACMAT (1958–present) (Renault Trucks)
• Alpine (Renault–Nissan Alliance)
• Auverland (now Panhard General Defense ) (1984–present) (Renault Trucks)
• Bugatti (1909–1963 ; 1987–1995 ; 1998–present) (Volkswagen AG)
• De Clercq (1992–present)
• DeLaChapelle (1985–present)
• Exagon Motors (2005–present)
• SECMA (1995-present)
• PGO (1986–present)
• Venturi (1984–present)

Current microcar manufacturers

• Aixam (1984–present) (Polaris Industries)
• Bellier (1968–present)
• Dué (2010–present) (Driveplanet)
• JDM SIMPA (1975–present)
• Ligier (1971–present) (Driveplanet)
• Mega (1992–present) (Polaris Industries)
• MDI (1988–present)
• Microcar (1980–present) (Driveplanet)

Former manufacturers

A

• Able (1920–1927)
• Ader (1900–1907)
• AER (1930)
• AEM(1920–1924)
• Aérocaréne (1947)
• Ageron (1910–1914)
• Ailloud (1898–1904)
• Ajams (1920)
• Ajax (1913–1919)
• AL (1907–1909)
• Alamagny (1947–1948)
• Alba (1913–1928)
• Albatros (1912)
• Alcyon (1906–1929)
• Alda (1912–1922)
• Allard-Latour (1899–1902)
• Alliance (1905–1908)
• Alphi (1929–1931)
• Alma (1926–1927)
• Alva (1913–1923)
• AM (1906–1915)
• Amédée Bollée (1885–1921)
• Amilcar (1921–1939)
• Ampère (1906–1909)
• Anderson Electric (1912)
• Andre Py (1899)
• Antoinette (1906–1907)
• Arbel (1951–1959) also known as Loubiére, Loubiéres, Symetric, Symetric-Arbel, or Symetric-Paris
• Ardent (1900–1901)
• Ardex (1934-c.1937; 1952–1955)
• Ariane (1907)
• Ariès (1903–1938)
• Arista (1912–1915)
• Arista (1952–1967)
• Arola (1976–1983)
• Arzac (1926–1927)
• AS (1924–1928)
• ASS (1919–1920)
• Astatic (1920–1922)
• Aster (1900–1910)
• Astra (1922)
• Astresse (1898)
• Ateliers d’Automobiles et d’Aviation (AAA) (1919-1920)
• Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster (1890s-1912)
• Atla (1957–1959)
• Atlas (1951)
• Audibert & Lavirotte (1894–1901)
• Auge (1898-c.1901)
• Austral (1907)
• Autobleu (1953–1957)
• Automoto (1901–1907)
• Avions Voisin (1905-1946)
• Avolette (1955–1959)

B

• Ballot (1921–1932)
• Barré (1899–1930)
• Beck (1920–1922)
• Bédélia (1910–1925)
• Bellanger (1912–1925)
• Bel Motors (1976-1980)
• Benjamin (1921–1931)
• Berliet (1895–1939)
• Bernardet (1946–1950)
• Bignan (1918–1930)
• Blériot (1921–1922)
• BNC (1923–1931)
• Boitel (1946–1949)
• Bolide (1899–1907)
• Bonnet (1961–1964)
• Borderel-Cail
• Bouquet, Garcin & Schivre/BGS (1899–1906)
• Brasier (1905–1926)
• Brouhot (1898–1911)
• Bucciali (1922–1933)
• Buchet (1910–1930)
• Bugatti (1909–1963)
• Butterosi (1919–1924)

C

• Cambier (1897-c.1905)
• Castoldi (1900)
• Cedre (1975-1987)
• CD (1962–1965)
• CG (Chappe et Gessalin) (1966–1974)
• CGV (Charron, Girardot et Voigt) (1901–1906)
• Chaigneau-Brasier (1926–1930)
• Chainless (1900–1903)
• Charlon (1905–1906)
• Charron (1907–1930)
• Chenard-Walcker (1900–1946)
• CHS (1945–1946)
• Claveau (1923-1956)
• Clément-Bayard (1903–1922)
• Coadou et Fleury (1921-c.1935)
• Cochotte (1899)
• Cognet de Seynes (1912–1926)
• Cohendet (1898–1914)
• Colda (1921–1922)
• Constantinesco (1926–1928)
• Corre (1901–1907)
• Cottereau (1898–1910)
• Cottin & Desgouttes (1905–1931)
• Cournil (1960–1984)
• Couteret (1907)
• Couverchel (1905–1907)
• Créanche (1899–1906)
• Crespelle (1906–1923)
• Croissant (1920–1922)
• Culmen (c.1909)

D

• Dalifol (1896)
• Dalifol & Thomas (1896–1898)
• Damaizin & Pujos (1910)
• Dangel (1968–1971)
• Danvignes (1937–1939)
• Darl'mat (1936–1950)
• Darmont (1921–1939)
• Darracq (1896–1920)
• Le Dauphin (1941-1942)
• David & Bourgeois (1898)
• DB (1938–1961)
• De Bazelaire (1908–1928)
• De Cezac (1922–1927)
• De Dietrich (1897–1905)
• De Dion-Bouton (1883–1932)
• De Marcay (1920–1922)
• De Riancey (1898-c.1901)
• De Sanzy (1924)
• Decauville (1898–1910)
• Deguingand (1927–1930)
• Deho (1946–1948)
• Delage (1905–1953)
• Delahaye (1895–1954)
• Delaugère et Clayette (1864-1934)
• Delamare-Deboutteville (1883–1887)
• Delaugère (1898–1926)
• Delaunay-Belleville (1904–1948)
• Delfosse (1922–1926)
• Demeester (1906–1914)
• Denis de Boisse (1901–1904)
• Derby (1921–1936)
• Desmoulins (1920–1923)
• Dewald (1902–1926)
• Dinin Alfred 1904
• DFP (1906–1926)
• Diederichs (1912–1914)
• Dolo (1947–1948)
• Donnet (1928–1936)
• Donnet-Zedel (1924–1928)
• Dumas (1902–1903)
• Dumont (1912–1913)
• Duport (1977–1994)
• D’Yrsan (1923–1930)

E

• EHP (1921–1929)
• Electricar (1919–1924)
• Elfe (1920–1925)
• Elgé (1868–1942)
• Elysée (1921–1925)
• Enders (1911–1923)
• Esculape (1899)
• Eudelin (c.1905-1908)
• Eureka (1906–1909)

F

• Facel Vega (1954–1964)
• FAL (1907)
• Farman (1919–1931)
• Favier (c.1925-1930)
• FL (1909–1914)
• Fonlupt (1920–1922)
• Fouillaron (1900–1914)
• Fournier (1913–1924)

G

• Galy (1954–1957)
• Galba (1929-1930)
• Gardner-Serpollet (1900–1907)
• Gautier–Wehrlé (1894–1900)
• Georges Irat (1921–1953)
• Georges Richard (1897–1902)
• Georges Roy (1906–1929)
• Gillet-Forest (1900–1907)
• Gladiator (1896–1920)
• Gobron-Brillié (1898–1930)
• Gordini (1951–1957)
• Goujon (1896–1901)
• GRAC (1964–1974)
• Gregoire (1904–1924)
• Grillet (Company name. Cars sold under the name "Ryjan") (1920-1926)
• Grivel (1897)
• Guerraz (1901)
• Guerry et Bourguignon (1907)
• Guyot Spéciale (1925–1931)

H

• Hautier (1899–1905)
• Hédéa (1912–24)
• Heinis (1925–1930)
• Helbé (1905–1907)
• Henou (1923)
• Henry Bauchet (1903)
• Henry-Dubray (1901)
• Hérald (1901–1906)
• Hinstin (1921–1926)
• Hispano-Suiza (1911–1938)
• Hommell (1994–2003)
• Hotchkiss (1903–1955)
• Hrubon (1980–1988)
• Hurtu (1896–1930)

I

• Inaltera (1976-1978)
• Induco (1921–1924)
• Inter (1953–1956)

J

• J-P Wimille (1948–1949)
• Jack Sport (1925–1930)
• Janémian (1920–1923)
• Janoir (1921–1922)
• Janvier (1903–1904)
• Jean-Bart (1907)
• Jean Gras (1924–1927)
• Jeantaud (1893–1906)
• JG Sport (1922–1923)
• Jidé (1969–1974; 1977–1981)
• Jouffret (1920–1926)
• Jousset (1924–1928)
• Jouvie (1913–1914)
• Julien (1946-1949)
• Juzan (1897)

K

• Kevah (1920–1924)
• Koch (1898–1901)
• Korn et Latil (1901–1902)
• Kriéger (1897–1908)
• KVS (1976-c.1984)

L

• La Buire (1904–1930)
• La Confortable (c.1920)
• Lacoste & Battmann (1897–1910)
• Lafitte (1923–1924)
• Lahaussois (1907)
• Landulet (2014)
• La Licorne (1907–1950)
• L'Alkolumine (1899)
• La Lorraine (1899–1902)
• Lambert (1926–1953)
• La Nef (c.1901-1914)
• La Perle (1913–1927)
• La Ponette (1909–1925)
• La Radieuse (1907)
• L'Ardennais (1901-c.1903)
• La Roulette (1912–1914)
• La Va Bon Train (1904–1914)
• Lavie (c.1904)
• Le Blon (1898)
• Le Cabri (1924–1925)
• Le Favori (1921–1924)
• Léon Bollée (1896–1931)
• Le Piaf (1951–1952)
• Le Pratic (1908)
• Le Roitelet (1921–1924)
• Leyat (1919–1927)
• Le Zèbre (1909–1931)
• Linon (1900–1914)
• Lion-Peugeot (1905–1915)
• Lombard (1927–1929)
• Lorraine-Dietrich (1905–1934)
• Louis Chenard (1920–1932)
• Luc Court (1899–1936)
• Lufbery (1898-c.1902)
• Lurquin-Coudert (1907–1914)
• Lutier (1907)
• Luxior (1912–1914)

M

• Madoz (1921)
• Maillard (1900-c.1903)
• Maison Parisienne (1897-c.1898)
• Majola (1911–1928)
• Major (1920–1923; 1932)
• Malicet et Blin/M&B (1897-c.1903)
• Malliary (1901)
• Marathon (1953–1955)
• Marbais and Lasnier (1906-1906)
• Marcadier (1963–1983)
• Marden (1975–1992)
• Margaria (1910–1912)
• Marguerite (1922–1928)
• Marie de Bagneux (1907)
• Marot-Gardon (1899–1904)
• Marsonetto (1957–1959; 1965–1972)
• Matford (1934–1940)
• Mathis (1919–1935; 1945–1950)
• Matra (1965–1984)
• Messier (1924–1931)
• Michel Irat (1929–1930)
• Mildé (1898–1909)
• Millot (1901–1902)
• MLB (1894–1902)
• Mochet (1924–1958)
• Mom (1906–1907)
• Monet (1920–1939)
• Monica (1971–1975)
• Monnard (1899)
• Monocar (1936–1939)
• Monotrace (1924–1930)
• Montier (1920–1934)
• Montier & Gillet (1895–1898)
• Morisse (1899–1914)
• Mors (1895–1925; 1941–1943)
• Motobloc (1901–1930)
• Mototri Contal (1907–1908)

N

• Nanceene (1900-c.1903)
• Napoleon (1903)
• Naptholette (1899)
• Nardini (1914)

O

• Obus (1907–1908)
• Octo (1921-1928)
• Oméga-Six (1922–1930)
• Otto (1900–1914)
• Ours (1906–1909)

P

• Panhard/Panhard & Levassor (1890–1967)
• Patin (1899–1900)
• Pilain (1896–1920)
• Plasson (1910)
• Poinard
• Ponts-Moteurs (1912–1913)
• Populaire (1899)
• Poron (1898)
• Porthos (1906–1914)
• Prod'homme (1907–1908)
• Prosper-Lambert (1901–1906)

Q

• Quo Vadis (1921–1923)

R

• Radior (1920–1922)
• Rally (1921–1933)
• Raouval (1899–1902)
• Ratier (1926–1930)
• Ravailler (1907)
• Ravel (1900–1902)
• Ravel (1923–1929)
• Rebour (1905–1908)
• Reyonnah (1950–1954)
• Reyrol (1900–1930)
• Renault
• Richard-Brasier (1902–1905)
• Robert Serf (1925–1935)
• Rochet-Schneider (1894–1932)
• Roger (1888–1896)
• Rolland-Pilain (1907–1931)
• Rolux (1938–1952)
• Rosengart (1928–1955)
• Roussel (1908–1914)
• Roussey (1949–1951)
• Rouxel (1899–1900)
• Rovin (1946–1951)
• Ruby (1910-c.1922)
• Ryjan (1920-1926)

S

• Salmson (1921–1957)
• Sandford (1923–1939)
• Santax (1920–1927)
• SARA (1923–1930)
• Sautter-Harlé (1907–1912)
• SCAP (1912–1929)
• SCAR (1906–1915)
• Scora (1974–present)
• Secqueville-Hoyau (1919-1924)
• Sénéchal (1921–1927)
• Sensaud de Lavaud (1926–1928)
• SERA (1959–1961)
• Sidéa (1912–1924)
• Sigma (1913–1928)
• Silva-Coroner (1927)
• SIMA-Violet (1924–1929)
• Simca (1935–1980)
• Simplicia (1910)
• Simplex (1919-1921)
• Sinpar (1907–1914)
• Siscart (1908–1909)
• Sixcyl (1907–1908)
• Sizaire-Berwick (1913–1927)
• Sizaire Frères (1923–1929)
• Sizaire-Naudin (1905–1921)
• Société Parisienne
• Soncin (1900–1902)
• Solanet (1921)
• Soriano-Pedroso (1919–1924)
• SOVAM (1965–1969)
• SPAG (1927–1928)
• Stabilia (1907–1930)
• Stimula (1907–1914)
• Stimula (1978–1982)
• Suère (1909-1931)
• Suncar (1980-c.1986)

T

• Talbot (1919–1932; 1979–1986)
• Talbot-Lago (1932–1959)
• Th. Schneider (1910–1931)
• Thomson (1913–1928)
• Tourey (1898)
• Tracford (1933–1935)
• Tracta (1926–1934)
• Triouleyre (1896–1898)
• Tuar (1913-1925)
• Turcat-Méry (1899–1928)
• Turgan-Foy (1899–1906)

U

• Unic (1904–1939)
• Underberg, of Nantes (?-?)s:Popular Science Monthly/Volume 57/October 1900/Gasoline Automobiles
• Urric (1905–1906)
• Utilis (1921–1924)

V

• Vaillant (1922–1924)
• Vallée (1895–1902)
• VELAM
• Vermorel (1908-1930 as an automobile producer)
• Vernandi (1928-1929)
• Villard (1925-1935)
• Vinot-Deguingand (1901-1927)
• Voisin

Z

• Zédel (1905-1920)
• Zeiller & Fournier (1920-1924)
• Zénia (1913-1924)

References

• G.N. Georgano, Nick (Ed.). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000.
• Šuman-Hreblay, Marián. Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Directory. London: McFarland & Co. Inc., 2000.1254