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De Dion-Bouton Motorette Company

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1901 De Dion-Bouton Motorette

1901 De Dion-Bouton Motorette
1901 De Dion-Bouton Motorette Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada.
by Douglas

De Dion-Bouton Motorette Company

De Dion - Bouton Motorette Company
1883 - 1932

In 1883, Count Albert De Dion formed a partnership with Georges Bouton to produce steam cars in Paris, France. They continuously improved their steam cars and in 1892 began experimenting with gasoline-powered engines, The experiments were successful and the De Dion-Bouton single-cylinder gasoline engine grew in popularity. Other automobile makers began car production using the reliable De Dion-Bouton engines - Renault, Delage, Pierce-Arrow, and Peerless, to name a few. By 1900, more than 20,000 of these engines were in service.

By the turn-of-the-century, De Dion had been in business for almost two decades. Production figures passed 200 cars per month. The De Dion-Bouton Motorette Company had offices and factories not only in France, but in England, Germany, and the United States.

De Dion-Bouton production ceased in 1932.

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