Private company

Chapuis-Dornier

French automobile engine manufacturer

Chapuis-Dornier was a French manufacturer of proprietary engines for automobiles from 1904 to 1928 in Puteaux near Paris. Between 1919 and 1921 it displayed a prototype automobile, but it was never volume produced.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1904Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersPuteaux1
Chapuis Dornier Motor
Photo: Frank Seeger, Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons4

Chapuis-Dornier was a French manufacturer of proprietary engines for automobiles from 1904 to 1928 in Puteaux near Paris. Between 1919 and 1921 it displayed a prototype automobile, but it was never volume produced.2

Products and brands

Engine manufacture

Chapuis-Dornier engines were used by cyclecars such as:

Automobile manufacture

Between 1919 and 1921 Chapuis-Dornier displayed a prototype automobile at the Paris salons, equipped with a 3-litre, four cylinder engine, but this never resulted in volume production.

From Wikipedia’s article on Chapuis-Dornier, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1928Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1904Founded Founded1

Sources

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