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French engineer from car manufacturing. Georges Bouton and Jules-Albert de Dion, founded De Dion-Bouton in 1883. The pair had first worked together in 1882 to produce a self-propelled steam vehicle. The result gave birth the company under the name "De Dion". Georges Bouton was the winner of the 'world's first motor race' on 28 April 1887, when he drove a de Dion-Bouton vehicle 2 kilometers from Neuilly Bridge to the Bois de Boulogne. The genesis of De Dion-Bouton was in 1881 when de Dion saw a toy locomotive in a store window at Léon and asked the toymakers to build another. De Dion was inspired by steam railway locomotives and could finance the work. De Dion, Bouton et Trépardoux was formed in Paris in 1883. This became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company, world's largest automobile manufacturer for a time, becoming well known for their quality, reliability, and durability. However, engineer Bouton survived the company he had helped to found: De Dion-Bouton went out of business in 1932. |
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variant spelling: BOUTON, Georges |
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