Private company

Automobile manufacturer based in Courbevoie¹

Galba was a French automobile produced by a company created for the purpose between 1929 and 1930. Marcel Violet, who had previously created the Sima-Violet cyclecar, founded a new company registered as the Société Sylla at Courbevoie on the northern side of Paris, and immediately announced his introduction of the Galba in the spring of 1929. It was one in a succession of cars designed by Violet, a respected automobile engineer with a particular specialism in two-stroke engines.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.