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| Amicale Panhard et Levassor | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amicale Panhard et Levassor |
| Formation | 1947 |
| Type | Association d'amateurs |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Region served | International |
| Language | French |
| Website | official site |
Amicale Panhard et Levassor is a French association dedicated to the preservation, study, and celebration of vehicles produced by Panhard et Levassor and its successors. The association brings together enthusiasts, historians, engineers, collectors, and restorers to promote heritage related to Panhard et Levassor, Citroën, Peugeot, Renault, and other European marques. It maintains archives, organizes rallies, and collaborates with museums, archives, and institutions across France and internationally.
The association was founded in the aftermath of World War II amid renewed interest in vintage automobiles, drawing members from Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lille, Strasbourg, Nantes, Nice, Grenoble, and Montpellier and engaging with manufacturers such as Panhard, Citroën, Peugeot, Renault, Bugatti, Delahaye, Delage, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Opel, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Ford, General Motors, Vauxhall, Austin, Morris, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Porsche, NSU, Saab, Simca, Talbot, Hotchkiss, Salmson, Berliet, Latil, Büssing, Saviem, Matra, Peugeot Talbot, Société Française engineers and collectors. Early leadership included former Panhard engineers, veterans of races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mille Miglia, Targa Florio, Monte Carlo Rally, Rallye du Maroc, East African Safari Rally, and participants from exhibitions like the Paris Motor Show and institutions such as the Musée de l'Armée, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Conservatoire du Patrimoine Industriel, British Motor Museum, The Henry Ford Museum, Deutsches Museum, Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile, Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Museo Ferrari, Cité de l'Automobile, and Palais de la Découverte.
The Amicale operates with a board, regional delegates, technical committees, and specialist sections that mirror structures found at Fédération Française des Véhicules d'Époque, FIVA, RENAULT Classic, OMEGA, Automobile Club de France, Royal Automobile Club, Automobile Club d'Italia, ADAC, AA and works closely with clubs like Club Aston Martin Owners, Ferrari Club Italia, Jaguar Drivers Club, Bentley Drivers Club, Porsche Club, BMW Car Club, Alfa Romeo Club, Lancia Club, Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club, Mercedes-Benz Club, Peugeot Classic, Citroën Heritage, Talbot Owners Club, Hotchkiss Owners Club, Delage Club, Delahaye Club, Bugatti Owners' Club, Salmson Club, SIMCA Club, Matra Club, AC Cobra Owners Club, Morgan Sports Car Club, Lotus Club, TVR Car Club, Sunbeam Talbot Owners Club. Membership includes engineers trained at École Polytechnique, École Centrale Paris, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, historians affiliated with Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université de Lyon, Sorbonne University, Université Grenoble Alpes, and curators from Musée National de la Voiture, Musée de l'Automobile de Vendée, Musée Henri Malartre.
Regular activities include rallies, concours d'élégance, technical seminars, workshops, and participation in classic events such as Le Mans Classic, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood Revival, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Retromobile, Essen Motor Show, Techno-Classica Essen, Salon Rétromobile, Solitude Revival, Silverstone Classic, Monterey Car Week, Amelia Island Concours, Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, Peugeot Heritage Days, Classic Motor Show Birmingham, Salon du Chocolat (as a cultural partner), RétroMobile Lyon, Tour Auto Optic 2000, Rallye Monte Carlo Historique, and regional meetings tied to Automobile Club de France protocols. The Amicale also organizes technical clinics on carburetors, transmissions, chassis, coachbuilding, and bodywork alongside specialist firms like Chapron, Figoni et Falaschi, Pennock, Kennings, H.R. Owen, and engages with restoration specialists from RM Sotheby's, Bonhams, Artcurial Motorcars, Christie's, Barrett-Jackson.
The association coordinates restoration projects, technical documentation, parts exchanges, and workshops that replicate original manufacturing methods used by Panhard et Levassor, Société des Anciens Etablissements Panhard, Levassor & Cie, coachbuilders such as Fourgon, Labourdette, Saoutchik, Pourtout, Franay, Vanvooren, Mulliner, Hooper, Park Ward, and suppliers including SAGEM, Lucas Industries, Bosch, Delco-Remy, Daimler-Benz', ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Getrag, Swarovski (interior trims), and Michelin, Pirelli, Goodyear for tyre authenticity. Partnerships extend to archives at Bibliothèque nationale de France, Service Historique de la Défense, Archives nationales, Archives départementales de la Seine, and technical schools like CFAI for apprenticeship programs.
The Amicale maintains collections of original blueprints, invoices, parts catalogs, photographs, workshop manuals, and correspondence involving figures such as René Panhard, Émile Levassor, André Citroën, Louis Delâge, Émile Mathis, Ettore Bugatti, Enzo Ferrari, Louis Renault, Armand Peugeot, Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, Nicéphore Niépce, Louis Blériot, and houses materials similar to holdings at Cité de l'Automobile, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Tate Britain (automotive links), Imperial War Museum, and the archives of Le Figaro, L'Auto, Le Monde and automotive periodicals like Autocar, Motor Magazine, Auto Hebdo, Echappement, Classic & Sports Car, Octane, Autoweek.
The Amicale publishes bulletins, technical dossiers, newsletters, and monographs distributed to members and institutions including Bibliothèque nationale de France, British Library, Library of Congress, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, and specialist journals such as Revue Automobile, Gazette des Ancêtres, Hors-Série Rétroviseur, L'Automobile Magazine, La Vie de l'Automobile, Historia Automobile, Classic Driver Magazine. Communications include social media outreach, press releases coordinated with Société des Ingénieurs, collaborations with broadcasters like France Télévisions, BBC, Arte, Eurosport, and contributions to documentaries produced by National Geographic, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and France 3.
Highlighted vehicles include surviving models such as early Panhard et Levassor Type A, Panhard et Levassor Dynamic, Panhard Dyna Z, Panhard PL 17, alongside coachbuilt masterpieces by Figoni et Falaschi, Franay, Saoutchik, Vanvooren, Mulliner, and racing cars that competed in 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mille Miglia, and Targa Florio. Exhibitions have been staged at venues like Grand Palais, Palais de Chaillot, Château de Versailles (special automotive displays), Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Place Vendôme, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Cité de l'Automobile, Centre Pompidou (design-oriented exhibits), Palais des Congrès de Paris, Automotive Heritage Festival and major auction houses during Monterey Car Week and Rétromobile.
Category:Automobile clubs Category:Historic vehicle associations