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| Marius Berliet |
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(born in 1866), employed in the modest family hat band factory, designed and made a one-cylinder engine in 1894 and, a year later, built his first petroleum-powered automobile in a shed. Its width was dictated by the width of the garden gate!
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| Louis RENAULT |
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| (born in 1877), the son of a cloth manufacturer, started doing mechanical work in a modest shed in Billancourt near Paris. At 21, he designed a four-speed gearbox including one with direct drive that was patented, then came out with his first small automobile powered by a 1/4-hp engine. |
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| Blainville Factory, 1965 |
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| Louis Renault's first "voiturette" |
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