The Michel Irat was a French automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

 manufactured from 1929 until 1930 in Paris.

Georges Irat

Georges Irat

The Georges Irat was a French automobile manufactured by engine builder Georges Irat from 1921 to 1953.-Between two World Wars:The company's first product was an ohv 1990cc four-cylinder car designed by Maurice Gaultier who had been with Delage. This was joined in 1926 by a 2985 cc six-cylinder...

 bought the Chaigneau-Brasier

Chaigneau-Brasier

Chaigneau-Brasier was the name given to French Brasier cars marketed after 1926 when the company was bought by the Chaigneau family who had been bicycle makers....

 company and changed its name to that of his son Michel. Production continued of the old models which used a side valve 1086 cc four-cylinder engine

Engine

An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines burn a fuel to create heat which is then used to create motion...

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In 1930 Georges Irat combined the company with his own larger operation.

At least one example (1929) survives in private ownership in England, whilst another was rumoured to exist in Belgium in 1985.