BERLIET
9 entries
French maker of cars, buses and trucks from Vénissieux near Lyon, founded in 1899 and absorbed into Renault Trucks.
- Founded
- 1899
- Base
- Vénissieux, near Lyon, France
- Owner history
- Citroën from 1967, Renault from 1974
- Phased out
- By 1980
Berliet was founded in 1899 and built automobiles, buses, trucks and military vehicles in Vénissieux, outside Lyon. Apart from a five-year period from 1944 to 1949 it remained privately owned until 1967.
In 1967 the company became part of Citroën and was then acquired by Renault in 1974. In 1978 it was merged with Saviem into a new Renault Trucks company, and the Berliet marque was phased out by 1980.
- 1899Berliet founded
- 1944Placed in administration sequestre until 1949
- 1967Becomes part of Citroën
- 1974Acquired by Renault
- 1978Merged with Saviem into Renault Trucks
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BERLIET Berliet PR100: the rear-engined bus Renault kept building
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BERLIET Berliet PH: buses and trolleybuses of the 1960s
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BERLIET Berliet PCK: the bus that bridged war and boom
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BERLIET Berliet GL series: the lorries that carried France
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BERLIET Berliet GDR: the five-tonne lorry with 28 engines
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BERLIET Berliet Dauphine: the last passenger car from Lyon
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BERLIET Berliet Cruisair: the last coach with the Berliet badge
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BERLIET Berliet T100: the biggest truck in the world
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BERLIET Berliet GR and TR: heavy trucks of the 1960s and 1970s