Berliet

Automobiles M. Berliet

Traded as	Automobiles M. Berliet SA (1917-1942) Berliet & Cie (1942-1944) Automobiles M. Berliet (1949-1974)
Founded	1899 (1899)[1]
Founder	Marius Berliet
Defunct	1978 (1978)
Fate	Merged with Saviem into Renault Véhicules Industriels in 1978
Successor	Renault Trucks
Headquarters	Vénissieux, France
Key people	Paul Berliet (son of founder)
Products	Automobiles, buses, military vehicles, trucks
Parent	Citroën (1968-1974) Renault (1974-1978)

Berliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and military vehicles among other vehicles based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France. Founded in 1899, and apart from a five-year period from 1944 to 1949 when it was put into 'administration sequestre' it was in private ownership until 1967 when it then became part of Citroën, and subsequently acquired by Renault in 1974 and merged with Saviem into a new Renault Trucks company in 1978. The Berliet marque was phased out by 1980.