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Fondation de l'Automobile Marius Berliet

The Foundation de l’Automobile Marius Berliet

The Foundation de l’Automobile Marius Berliet, registered as an association of national interest, aims at safeguarding and valorising the history of the cars built in Lyon, and of the French trucks, buses and coaches.

Aim and purpose

The heirs of the Lyonnese manufacturer Marius Berliet and Renault Véhicules Industriels have created the Automobile Marius Berliet Foundation in January 1982. ...

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Industrial heritage and culture

Carefully built up since 1982, the heritage is mostly made of the products (private cars, trucks and lorries, buses and coaches), engines and ...

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The team

The Foundation is built around a team of 7 people with the help of many volunteers coming from the Automotive Industry (40 people). All ...

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The historical record of Berliet

Marius Berliet was born in 1866, in the industrial area of « La Croix Rousse ». His father’s side came from the north of ...

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The Berliet Villa

While his Company is developing rapidly, in 1910 Marius Berliet who had become Number One European Truck’s manufacturer decides to build his ...

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Participate

The Fondation de l’Automobile Marius Berliet, registered as an association of national interest, aims at safeguarding and valorising the history of ...

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The conservatoire

A UNIQUE TESTIMONY OF OUR HERITAGE AND HISTORY The Berliet Foundation spends an important part of its resources into the restoration of ...

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The Collection

The collection of the Berliet Foundation represents to day: 280 CARS AND TRUCKS, RESTORED ENGINES AND COMPONENTS, representing 30 TRADE MARKS , FROM 1886 UNTIL TO-DAY ...

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Archives

A resource centre opened to all people interested in trucks and cars. Within its missions of protection and valorisation of the industrial ...

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