Charron, Girardot et Voigt
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Charron, Girardot et Voight (CGV) was a French racing team that opened one of the first French car dealership
s.
The dealership opened in 1897, on Avenue de la Grande Armée
in Paris
. CGV showed their first car in 1901. In 1904, they produced 216 cars with 4 cylinder
engines, which sold for up to £1200 in England.
Car dealership
A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new or used cars at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or its sales subsidiary. It employs automobile salespeople to do the selling...
s.
The dealership opened in 1897, on Avenue de la Grande Armée
Avenue de la Grande Armée
The Avenue de la Grande Armée is a street in Paris on the boundary between the 16th and 17th arrondissements. It was formerly named avenue de la Porte Maillot as part of Route nationale 13, but was renamed to its present name in 1864 in honour of the Grande Armée of the Napoleonic Wars.It begins at...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. CGV showed their first car in 1901. In 1904, they produced 216 cars with 4 cylinder
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
engines, which sold for up to £1200 in England.