Panhard-Levassor were the pre-eminent French car manufacturer around the turn of the 19th/20th Century, their Système Panhard design, with forward-mounted engine, transmission amidships and driven rear wheels setting the standard for the industry.

Engineering quality was of the highest order, ensuring that the company won its place at the forefront in early motor sport, notably the great Continental City-to-City races of the time.

Panhard’s customer lists read like a ‘Who’s-Who’ in Europe and their international agents were hand-picked.

Little wonder therefore that such notables and sportsmen as the Hon.

C.

S.

Rolls, Chev.

R.

de Knyff, Maurice Farman, Girardot and Charron were associated so closely with the marque.

Panhard-Levassor truly transformed the French company which they had bought, previously producing band saws and other woodworking tools in 1886, into France’s most significant motor car manufacturer of the era.

This remarkably original 6hp Wagonette is powered by t...