Back شينارد والكر ARZ Chenard & Walcker German Chenard-Walcker Spanish Chenard et Walcker French Chenard & Walcker Italian Chenard & Walcker NB Chenard & Walcker Polish Шенар-Волкер Serbian Chenard & Walcker Swedish Chenard & Walcker Ukrainian
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 Chenard-Walcker T2 1913 | |
| Industry | manufacture of motor vehicles vehicle construction  |
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| 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 | |
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.[1] The make is remembered as the winner of the first Le Mans 24 Hours Race in 1923.
- ^ G.N. Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.