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.
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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
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Links
- WikipediaChapuis-Dornier
- WikidataQ1062829
Sources
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- 1WikidataChapuis-Dornier on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaChapuis-Dornier on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsChapuis-Dornier photo by Frank Seeger, Copyrighted free use