Léon Bollée Automobiles

The law restricting motor vehicles to four miles per hour on Britain's public roads was repealed in 1896 and in November of that year a 'race' was held in celebration from London to Brighton, which saw a 'one-two' for the Bollée brothers in their Bollée cars.

It was a four-wheel car with independent suspension, whose engine attracted the attention in 1900 of Darracq, which used it in its own models.

Léon Bolée died in 1913 but the company continued operations being run by his widow and during World War I, as well as a few cars, made ammunition and machine guns.

The company was reorganized by directors sent from Morris Motors Limited factory in Cowley, and the production of Morris-Léon Bollée cars began at the end of 1925.

However, the French market did not readily take to buying cars made by a foreign company and as sales did not meet expectations production stopped in 1928.