Musical chairs cgv was sold to british interests in 1906. The company and its cars were renamed for charron, but he soon left to direct clement-bayard for his new father-in-law, adolphe clement, formerly chairman of panhard. However, charron had a financial falling-out with clement and walked out to establish in 1912 the alda marque whose models resembled charrons. dashboard radiators meanwhile, under the direction of a belgian, georges koenigswerther, charron was able to recover from a poor 1908 to sell about 700 cars in 1909. These ranged from a 1.2-litre two-cylinder model to a 3-9-litre, six-cylinder one and included the midsized 2.4-litre, four-cylinder type x. Furnished with a dashboard radiator, these cars resembled renaults. The most popular 1909 model was the type x in spite of its antiquated chain transmission, which was replaced the following year.
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