Charron Model X
- Manufactured in France in 1910
- 4 cylinders
- 22 horsepower
- 2400 cc
Charron was a French automobile manufacturer, based in the Paris conurbation, and active between 1906 and 1930. Although the company Automobiles Charron Limited was established (with a large injection of British finance) only in 1906 (and registered in 1907), its origins date from a business founded in 1901 called Automobiles Charron, Girardot et Voigt (C.G.V.)
CGV took its initials from those of its three founders: Messrs Fernand Charron, Léonce Girardot and Émile Voigt, all of whom had been successful racing drivers for Panhard. Of the trio, Charron had enjoyed the greatest success, winning the Marseilles-Nice and Paris-Amsterdam-Paris races in 1898 as well as the inaugural Gordon Bennett Cup of 1901.
This was the personal car of a pioneer in the world of aviation, Santos-Dumont, the heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers who spent most of his adult life in Paris dedicated to aeronautical study and experimentation. This brand was well known for it’s reliability and power. Santos-Dumont used this model to tow his plane to the city of Reims in 1910