Emile Mathis was first distributor of various brands of cars in Strasbourg, a city then occupied by Germany. He teamed with Ettore Bugatti to build vehicles Mathis Hermes simplex 40, 60, and 90 hp at the plant Graffenstaden. In 1907, the partners separated and Mathis built a large factory in Strasbourg. Bugatti is then devoted to sports cars and prestige, while Mathis turned to more popular vehicles.
The real cars Mathis left in 1910, production is focused on lighter cars of 1500 cc. The heyday of Mathis began later after returning from Strasbourg in France. It quickly became the 4th French manufacturer with models to compete with Citroen as types P and SB. After 1927, the choice of Mathis was not proposing a single model at a given time. MY type had a considerable success and was the most produced of all models.
To try to translate that success on the high end, Mathis threw the line of Emysix (6-cylinder 11HP) powerful but lighter than the competition. Then he began to study a more compact car that MY: the PY appeared in 1931. At that time Mathis endowed its cars refinements brought the United States as the bridge hypoid teeth that will be necessary later after 1945. The crisis focused attention on an 8HP modern, Emyquatre.
This was the golden age for the brand, which employed up to 15 000 people at its factories in the Meinau between 1925 and 1935.
In 1926, Charles Mathis, settled in the Paris area, in Gennevilliers. This plant also worked for aircraft construction. In 1938, General Motors leased premises.
At the end of 1934, Mathis joined forces with Ford to form the group Matford and build both vehicles Mathis and Ford vehicles. But the smaller models Mathis disappeared and the association ended in 1940. Expatriate U.S., Mathis created subsidiary Matam participated in the war effort.
Revenue in France in 1946, Mathis had two futuristic traction before: the 333, 3-wheeled car light and aerodynamic, engine cylinder, and 666, studied by R. Andreau more upscale with a 6 cylinder flat. But they had not followed and the brand disappeared in 1950.
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