| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1854 |
| Defunct | 1943 |
| Headquarters | , |
Million-Guiet was a French coachbuilding company.[1]
The company was founded in 1854 to manufacture carriages in Paris. In 1900, the production of car bodies began. At that time, the company was based inLevallois-Perret. Until 1914, the car bodies were described as old-fashioned.[1]
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In 1919, a license was acquired from Gustave Baehr. This made the bodies lighter. These included bodies on chassis byChenard & Walcker,Hispano-Suiza,Panhard & Levassor,Peugeot andVoisin.
In 1928 Luis Sanz and M. Mossier took over the company. In January 1930 they acquired a patent from Jean de Vizcaya for the Toutalu construction method and in turn gave a license toD'Ieteren. They used light metal. They built bodies forAlfa Romeo,Bugatti,Citroën,Delage, Hispano-Suiza,Lorraine-Dietrich, Panhard & Levassor andTalbot as well as for aCord L-29,Lancia Dilambda andRenault Vivastella. Other well-known cars include Ballot, Bugatti Type 46 and Type 50,Farman,Isotta Fraschini, Lincoln,Minerva, Rochet-Schneider, Rolls-Royce andTurcat-Méry.
Their angular design did not harmonize well with the streamlined design that emerged in the 1930s. In 1936, the production of complete bodies ended.
The company continued to exist manufacturing accessories for some time, until it closed in 1943.[2]
Between 1950 and 1954, Million-Guiet-Tubauto manufactured buses and trolleybuses under the brands MGT and Tubauto.[3]
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