Blue Rosengart LR 2 Coupe from 1932 with four cylinders, 747 cc, 4 HP. Max. speed: 60 km/h

Lucien Rosengart (1881 – 1976) was a gifted engineer and businessman who had established a successful engineering business by the time he was 24. In the mid-1920s, he saw the opportunity to produce a very small car for a segment of the market in France that he believed was not being properly covered by any of the major players.

In 1923 he purchased a license to build the English Austin 7 and with support from the engineer Jules Salomon he purchased the old Bellanger factory in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The site was a large one and in the early years the business appeared set to fill it.

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