Le Dauphin was a French auto-maker established in central Paris by André L. Dauphin.[1] The company first presented a small two seater cyclecar in the Spring of 1941; production ended in 1942.
The car was a two seater open topped cyclecar with the seats positioned one behind the other.[1] The body was built around a simple tube based structure, probably inspired by recent developments in airplane construction; there was no separate chassis.[1] The vehicles were produced on a small production line at a small factory belonging to Kellner, a coach-builder known, in happier times, for supplying bespoke bodies for chassis from France's luxury car makers. The Le Dauphin was envisaged in a petrol engined or electric engined versions, with the motor for the petrol version being a two-stroke unit of 100 cm³ or 175 cm³ supplied by Zurcher. [1] However, petrol for civilian use was rapidly becoming unobtainable and a 2hp 48 volt electric power unit was substituted.[1] The electric powered cars were steered from the rear seat whereas the petrol engined ones were steered from the front seat.[1]