David Beare

David Beare follows the fortunes of the company and its two founders, the affable and portly Ren Panhard complementing the intelligent and somewhat haughty mile Levassor. From the late 1800s through the two world wars, they continued to produce revolutionary designs, including sleeve valves, afficher plus monocoque chassis units and the new economy cars with air-cooled flat-twin engines and bodies and chassis made largely of aluminium. As an important contributor to the design and performance of their subsequent road cars, Panhard Levassor's pioneering competition successes in early road-racing in the period from 1894 to 1903 are also covered, when the company was at the forefront of motor-racing technology and won many races. The story ends with the take-over of the company by Citron, which ultimately absorbed the Panhard Levassor creative genius into their own designs. afficher moins