French Gladiator Double Phaeton Type 12 HP from 1907

French Gladiator Double Phaeton Type 12 HP from 1907, two cylinders, 2423 cc, 12 HP, 45 km/h

The Gladiator Cycle Company, Clément-Gladiator (from 1896), was a French manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and cars based in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Seine.

Throughout its productive life from 1891 until its demise in 1920 the company was variously owned by: the founders Alexandre Darracq and Paul Aucoq; from 1896 by a London public listed company Clément, Gladiator & Humber renamed in 1901 Société Française des Cycles Clément & Gladiator and from 1906 by ‘Vinot et Deguingand’.

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