Our original photos of De Dion-Bouton Motorette Company cars were taken by RemarkableCars.com at automobile museums and auctions across America.
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.
