Chenard-Walcker

Chenard & Walcker
Chenard-Walcker
	Chenard-Walcker T2 1913
Industry	manufacture of motor vehicles; vehicle construction
Founded	19 January 1899; Registered 1900 as Chenard, Walcker et Compagnie ; Registered 1906 as Société Anonyme des Anciens Étabissements Chenard et Walcker
Defunct	1946
Fate	Purchased by Chausson in 1936 following bankruptcy, after which the name continued to be used into the mid-1940s
Headquarters	Asnières-sur-Seine, France (1899 - 1908); Gennevilliers, France (1908 - 1946)
Key people	Ernest Chenard (1861–1922); Henri Walcker (1877–1912); Lucien Chenard (1896–1971)
Products	Automobiles; Commercial vehicles

Chenard-Walcker, also known as Chenard & Walcker, was a French automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer from 1898 to 1946. Chenard-Walcker then designed and manufactured trucks marketed via Peugeot sales channels until the 1970s. The factory was at first in Asnières-sur-Seine moving to Gennevilliers in 1906. The make is remembered as the winner of the very first Le Mans 24 Hours Race in 1923.

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