Private company
Hanzer vehicles
French manufacturing company
Hanzer Frères, Hanzer, was a French manufacturer of automobiles. The Petit-Ivry company of Ivry-sur-Seine began building automobiles in 1899. Production ended in 1903.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Hanzer Frères, Hanzer, was a French manufacturer of automobiles. The Petit-Ivry company of Ivry-sur-Seine began building automobiles in 1899. Production ended in 1903.2
Products and brands
1899
In 1899 the first model produced was a tricycle.
1900
In 1900 they introduced a voiturette powered by a 3 Hp De Dion-Bouton engine.
1901
In 1901 both two and four-seater models were produced with 6 Hp engines from the Parisian builder Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster (Aster).
1902
In 1902 the Parisian Durey-Sohy (de: Durey-Sohy) company took over production. A 1902 vehicle survives in the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum at Halland, East Sussex. It is occasionally used in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
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1903
In 1903 the range consisted of the 5 HP and 6 HP single-cylinder models and the 9 HP two-cylinder model.
From Wikipedia’s article on Hanzer, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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- WikipediaHanzer
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- WikidataQ1584064
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- 1WikidataHanzer vehicles on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHanzer vehicles on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsHanzer vehicles photo by Buch-t, GFDL