Vernet et Pairard

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Vernet et Pairard
legal form
founding 1950
resolution 1958
Seat Paris
management Just-Émile Vernet , Jean Pairard
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Vernet et Pairard was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The racing drivers Just-Émile Vernet and Jean Pairard founded the company in Paris in 1950 . In 1951 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was VP . Production ended in 1958.

vehicles

The first model was a record-breaking vehicle. It had an aerodynamic body and was based on the Renault 4 CV . The vehicle set eight records at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry . Renault presented the vehicle in 1952 at the Paris Motor Show .

In addition, some road vehicles were built. The basis was initially the Renault 4 CV, later the Renault Dauphine . They were coupes with a low roof shape. The vehicles were also used in car races such as the Le Mans 24 Hours .

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • René Bellu: Les voitures françaises des années 50th Editions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1983, ISBN 2-85922-032-1 . (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 20. Toutes les voitures françaises 1952. Salon 1951. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2001. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 14. Toutes les voitures françaises 1953. Salon 1952. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2000. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 24. Toutes les voitures françaises 1954. Salon 1953. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2002. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 10. Toutes les voitures françaises 1955. Salon 1954. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1999. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 2. Toutes les voitures françaises 1956. Salon 1955. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1997. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 5. Toutes les voitures françaises 1957. Salon 1956. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1997. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 8. Toutes les voitures françaises 1958. Salon 1957. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1998. (French)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  2. ↑ Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1952.