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{{short description|Defunct French manufacturing company}}
{{about|the auto manufacturer|the surname|Delahaye (surname)}}
{{Infobox company
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|image_caption = Delahaye 165
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|location      = [[Paris]], France
|foundation    = 1894 in [[Tours]], France
|defunct       = 1954
|founder       = [[Émile Delahaye]]
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|industry      = [[Manufacturing]]
|products      = [[Automobile|Cars]], trucks, utility vehicles and busses
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'''Delahaye''' was a [[family owned business|family-owned]] [[automotive industry|automobile manufacturing company]], founded by [[Émile Delahaye]] in 1894 in [[Tours]], France. Manufacturing was moved to Paris following incorporation in 1898 with two marriage-related brothers-in-law, George Morane and Leon Desmarais, as Emile Delahaye's equal partners. The company built a low volume line of limited production luxury cars with [[Coachbuilder|coachbuilt bodies]]; trucks; utility and commercial vehicles; buses; and fire-trucks. Delahaye made a number of technical innovations, particularly in its early years. After establishing a racing department in 1932, the company came to prominence in France in the mid-to-late 1930s, first with the International record-breaking Type 138; then, the Type 135 that famously evolved into the special short-wheelbase sports-racing Type 135CS; followed by the V12 types 145 and 155 racecars. Many races were won, and records set. The company faced setbacks due to the Second World War, and was taken over by amalgamation with arch competitor [[Automobiles Hotchkiss|Hotchkiss]] in 1954. Both were absorbed by the large Brandt manufacturing organization, within months, with automotive products ended. Delahaye closed forever at the end of 1954, taking Delage along with it.

==History==
===Formative years===
Engineer [[Émile Delahaye]] began experimenting with belt-driven cars in 1894, while he was manager of the Brethon Foundry and Machine-works in Tours, France.<ref>Hull, Peter. "Delahaye: Famous on Road and Race Track", in Ward, Ian, executive editor. ''World of Automobiles'' (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 5, p.521.</ref> These experiments encouraged him to acquire the foundry and machine-works, so that Monsieur Brethon could retire. Emile soon entered his automobiles in the [[1896 Paris–Marseille–Paris]] race, and the 1897 Paris–Dieppe race, followed in 1898 by the Marseilles–Nice rally, the Course de Périgeux, and the [[1898 Paris-Amsterdam-Paris|Paris–Amsterdam–Paris]] race.<ref name="Hull, p.521">Hull, p.521.</ref>

[[Image:Paris - Bonhams 2013 - Delahaye 6HP Type O Vis-à-Vis - 1902 - 006.jpg|thumb|Delahaye Type 0, manufactured 1902]]
Delahaye's automotive company was incorporated in 1898 with investors George Morane – who had driven one of Delahaye's cars in the Marseilles–Nice rally – and Morane's brother-in-law Leon Desmarais. The company moved its manufacturing from Tours to Paris, to a former hydraulic machinery plant owned by the Morane family. Charles Weiffenbach was made operations manager.<ref name="Hull, p.521"/> The company initially produced three models at this location: the 1.4 litre [[One-cylinder engine|single-cylinder]] Type 0, and the [[Two-cylinder engine|twin-cylinder]] {{ill|Delahaye type 1|lt=Type&nbsp;1|fr}} and Type&nbsp;2. All three had bicycle-style tiller steering, rear-mounted [[Water cooling|water-cooled]] engines, automatic valves, [[Carburetor|surface carburetor]]s, and [[trembler coil]] [[Ignition system|ignition]]; drive was a combination of belt and chain, with three forward speeds and one reverse.<ref name="Hull, p.522">Hull, p.522.</ref>

[[Image:Delahaye pompiers 01.JPG|thumb|Delahaye-Farcot type 32 [[pumper truck|pumper]]]]
Desmarais and Morane took control of the company when Émile Delahaye retired in 1901; Weiffenbach took over from them in 1906.<ref name="Hull, p.522"/> The company ceased its participation in racing after Delahaye's death in 1905. Weiffenbach had no interest in racing, and focused on production of practical motorized automotive chassis, [[heavy commercial vehicle]]s, and early [[Fire engine|firetrucks]] for the French government.

By 1904, about 850 automobiles had been built.<ref name="Hull, p.522"/> The company introduced its first production [[Four-cylinder engine|four-cylinder]] in 1903<ref name="Hull, p.522"/> and [[Drive shaft|shaft-drive]] transmissions in 1907.<ref name="Hull, p.523">Hull, p.523.</ref> Delahaye's chief design-engineer Amédée Varlet invented and pioneered the [[V6 engine]] in the 1911 [[Delahaye 44|Type 44]].<ref name="Hull, p.523"/> Varlet also designed the Delahaye Titan marine engine, an enormous cast-iron multi-valve twin-cam four-cylinder engine that was fitted into purpose-built speedboat ''La Dubonnet'', which briefly held the [[Water speed record|world speed record on water]].{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

===Licensing and collaborations===
German manufacturer [[Protos of Nonnendamm|Protos]] began licensed production of Delahaye models in 1907, while in 1909, H.&nbsp;M. Hobson began importing Delahaye vehicles to Britain.<ref name="Hull, p.523"/> US manufacturer [[White Motor Company#White steam car|White]] pirated the Delahaye design; the [[World War I|First World War]] interrupted efforts to recover damages.<ref name="Hull, p.523"/> By the end of the war, Delahaye's major income was from manufacturing trucks.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Following the war, Delahaye attempted, in 1927, to increase profits by adopting a modest form of assembly-line production, in a tripartite agreement with [[FAR (Tracteurs FAR)|FAR Tractor Company]] and [[Chenard-Walcker|Chenard & Walcker]] automakers, and Rosengart, an entry-level manufacturer of small family cars. However, the range of vehicles undertaken to produce was excessively extensive, too diverse, and totally devoid of practical standardization.<ref name="Hull, p.523"/> The collaboration did not last long<ref name="Hull, p.523"/> as shrinking sales volume threatened the company's survival. By 1931, the triumvirate had disintegrated. It has been alleged that Weiffenbach met with his friend and competitor [[Ettore Bugatti]], to seek his opinion on turning Delahaye around.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} In 1932, Desmarais's widow and majority shareholder, Madame Leon Desmarais, instructed Weiffenbach to develop a new, higher quality, and considerably sportier automotive-chassis line, with an appealingly distinctive appearance, improved horsepower, better handling, and a higher price-point. Delahaye was repositioned to appeal to a wealthier, younger, more sporting oriented customer base. Varlet was instructed to establish both the new drawing office, and the racing department, neither of which Delahaye ever had before. Weiffenbach hired Jean François, as Varlet's assistant, and the company's designer and chief engineer. Delahaye had escaped near disaster, to arise with virtually immediate success, in the new Type 134, followed almost immediately by the International speed record setting Type 138, and then the model that made Delahaye deservedly famous: the Type 135.

===Return to racing===
In 1934, Delahaye set eighteen class records at Montlhéry, in a specially prepared, stripped and streamlined 18&nbsp;Sport.<ref name="Hull, p.523"/> The company also introduced the [[Delahaye 134|134N]], a 12[[Horsepower#Metric horsepower (PS, cv, hk, pk, ks, ch)|cv]] car with a 2.15-litre four-cylinder engine, and the 18cv [[Delahaye 135|Type 138]], powered by a 3.2-litre six-cylinder engine – both developed from their successful truck engines. In 1935, success in the Alpine Trial led to the introduction of the sporting [[Delahaye 135|Type 135]] "Coupe des Alpes". By the end of 1935, Delahaye had won eighteen minor French sports car events and a number of [[Hillclimbing|hill-climb]]s, and came fifth at [[1935 24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]].<ref name="Hull, p.524">Hull, p.524.</ref> In 1936, Delahaye ran four {{convert|160|hp|kW PS|abbr=on}} cars (based on the Type 135)<ref>Hull, p.523 caption.</ref> in the Ulster TT, placing second to [[Bugatti]], and entered four at the Belgian 24 Hours, finishing 2-3-4-5 behind an [[Alfa Romeo]].<ref name="Hull, p.524"/> Delahaye was able to leverage their racing success to acquire automaker [[Delage]] in 1935.<ref name="Hull, p.523"/>

[[Image:Laury et Lucy Schell, deuxièmes du rallye Monte-Carlo 1936 sur Delahaye 18CV Sport 6 cylindres, à 2-5e de seconde du premier.jpg|thumb|Laury and [[Lucy O'Reilly Schell|Lucy Schell]] took second place at the 1936 [[Monte Carlo Rally]] with a Delahaye 18CV Sport.]]
American heiress [[Lucy O'Reilly Schell]] paid the developmental costs for short "Competition Court" 2.70-metre-wheelbase Type 135 cars for rallying and racing. She purchased 12 of these, reserving half for her Ecurie Bleue amateur racing team.<ref>book "Delahaye - La belle carrosserie française", written by Jean-Paul Tissot {{ISBN|978-2-7268-8697-7}}, page 240</ref>

In 1937, [[René Le Bègue]] and [[Julio Quinlin]] won the [[Monte Carlo Rally]] driving a Delahaye. Delahaye also ran first and second at [[1937 24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]].<ref name="Hull, p.522"/> Against the German government-sponsored juggernauts [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Auto Union]], Delahaye entered the [[Delahaye 145|Type 145]], powered by a complicated {{frac|4|1|2}}-litre [[V12 engine|V12]].<ref name="Hull, p.522"/> Called the "Million Franc Delahaye" after a victory in the [[Million Franc Race]], the initial Type 145 was driven by [[René Dreyfus]] to an average speed {{convert|91.07|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} over {{convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on}} at Montlhéry in 1937, earning a {{currency|200000|FRF|first=y}} government prize.<ref name="Hull, p.524"/> Dreyfus also scored a victory in the [[Ecurie Bleu]] Type 145 at [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] in 1938, using the model's fuel economy to beat the more powerful [[Mercedes-Benz W154]]. Another Type 145 finished third in the same race.<ref name="Hull, p.524"/>

These victories combined with French patriotism ensured demand for Delahaye cars up until the [[German occupation of France during World War&nbsp;II]].<ref name="Hull, p.524"/> In early 1940, 100 [[Delahaye 134|Type 134N]] and [[Delahaye 168|Type 168]] chassis were built and bodied by [[Renault]] as military cars under contract for the French army. The French government had ordered all private automobile production to cease in June 1939, but small numbers of cars continued to be built for the occupying German forces until at least 1942.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In 1951, a French military team with Captain Monnier and Colonel Henri Debrus were part of the victorious crew that won the first [[Algiers-Cape Town Rally]] with a Delahaye pick-up.

===Post-war decline===
After [[World War II]], French luxury car makers struggled under the depressed economy. [[Paul-Marie Pons|General Pons's]] five-year reconstruction program (the Pons Plan) allocated the majority of its vehicles for export, and installed an increasingly punitive tax regime aimed at luxurious non-essential products, including cars with engines larger than {{convert|2|L|cuin|spell=in}}. In 1947, 88% of Delahaye production was exported, primarily to French colonies in Asia and Africa. Delahaye's meagre production of 573 cars in 1948 (compared to 34,164 by market-leader [[Citroën]]), was unsustainably low.<ref name=Automobilia1948>{{cite journal| title =Automobilia| journal = Toutes les voitures françaises 1948 (Salon Paris oct 1947)| volume = 7|page=26|year = 1998|publisher=Histoire & collections|location=Paris }}</ref>

The new face of the postwar Delahaye was styled in-house by industrial designer [[Philippe Charbonneaux]].{{relevance inline|date=November 2021}} Production of the outdated pre-war Type 135 and 148L was resumed in 1946, to restart cash flow and because the [[Delahaye 175|Type 175]] and its two longer-wheelbased versions were not ready for introduction.<ref name="Hull, p.524"/> The Type 175 was very modern when it had been envisioned in 1938 but its production was delayed until 1948 due to the war, post-war shortages, and the death of its designer.

With a license agreement in place and no viable alternatives, Delahaye proceeded with production of the Type 175. However, suspension components underwent catastrophic failure, and Delahaye was obliged to buy back a number of its vehicles to avoid litigation. The risk of negative publicity was so great that the company kept no records of these events.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} The affair could not be effectively contained and resulted in disinterest among prospective buyers. The Type 175, 178 and 180 models were unable to generate enough sales to recover development and production costs.<ref name="Hull, p.524"/> Their production was discontinued in mid-1951.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Until early 1951, continuing demand from the French army for the company's [[light reconnaissance]] [[reconnaissance vehicle|vehicles]] (VLR) enabled the company to operate. Small but steady demand for the {{ill|Delahaye 163|lt=Type 163|de|Delahaye Type 163}} trucks allowed the business to remain solvent.<ref name=Automobilia1953>{{cite journal| title =Automobilia| journal = Toutes les voitures françaises 1953 (Salon Paris oct 1952)| volume = 19|page=23|year = 2000|publisher=Histoire & collections|location=Paris }}</ref>

A one-ton capacity light truck (later sharing its 3.5-litre six-cylinder overhead-valve engine with the company's Type 235 luxury cars) made its debut at the 1949 [[Paris Motor Show]] as the [[Delahaye 171|Type 171]].<ref name=Automobilia1953/> During the next twelve months the Type 171 spawned several [[shooting-brake|brake-bodied]] versions, including ambulance and 9-seater "familiale" variants. The vehicle was intended for use in France's African colonies, having large wheels and high ground clearance, and was also exported to Brazil. By 1952, thirty Type 171s were produced per month.

[[File:VLR-Delahaye.jpg|thumb|1950s French Army version VLR]]
Delahaye's last entirely new model, a 2-litre Jeep-like vehicle known as [[Delahaye VLR]] (Véhicule Léger de Reconnaissance Delahaye) was released in 1951.<ref name=Automobilia1953/> The French army believed that this vehicle offered a number of advantages over the traditional American-built Jeep of the period. During 1953, the company built 1,847 VLRs, as well as 537 "special" military vehicles. In that year no more than 36 Delahaye or Delage-branded passenger cars were registered.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In 1953, the Type 235 was introduced. Fernand Lecour, working with a small group of enthusiastic factory employees, convinced Weiffenbach to introduce an updated version of the Type 135, fitted with hydraulic instead of mechanical brakes, and a triple Solex carbureted version of the 3.6-litre Type 135 engine, which produced {{convert|152|hp|kW PS|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Hull, p.524"/> This power was roughly equal to that of the previous series. Only 84 examples of the Type 235 were built.

Delahaye's competitor, [[Automobiles Hotchkiss|Hotchkiss]], negotiated a licensing agreement with [[Kaiser-Willys|Kaiser-Willys Motors]], and obtained sanction to manufacture its [[Willys MB]] 'Jeep' in France. The French army began to appreciate the simpler machine, available at a much lower price, and cancelled the contract for the more sophisticated Delahaye VLR. In August&nbsp;1953, the company laid off more than 200 employees.<ref name=Automobilia1954>{{cite journal| journal =Automobilia| title = Toutes les voitures françaises 1954 (Salon 1953)| volume = 24|page=24|year = 2002|publisher=Histoire & collections|location=Paris | language = fr | first = René | last = Bellu }}</ref> A merger was discussed with Hotchkiss, which was facing similar problems. On 19&nbsp;March 1954, an agreement was signed by Delahaye president [[Pierre Peigney]] and Hotchkiss president [[Paul Richard]].<ref name=Automobilia1954/> Less than three months later, on 9 June, Delahaye shareholders accepted a takeover of Delahaye by Hotchkiss,<ref name=Automobilia1954/> after which [[Hotchkiss et Cie|Hotchkiss]] promptly shut down Delahaye car production. By the end of 1954, after a brief period selling trucks with the Hotchkiss-Delahaye nameplate, the combined firm was itself taken over by [[Brandt (brand)|Brandt]]. By 1956, the brands Delahaye, Delage, and Hotchkiss were no longer in use.<ref name="Hull, p.524"/>

==Ownership and administration==

From its incorporation, Delahaye remained a private, entirely family-owned company, until it closed its doors for the last time, on December 31, 1954.

Emile Delahaye, a successful Tours foundry and machine-works owner, built his first car in 1894. By 1898, the demand required that he expand facilities and obtain investment capital. Emile Delahaye agreed to partner equally with coppersmith business owners and brothers-in-law, Leon Desmarais and George Morane. The arrangement was duly incorporated in 1898, and car assembly was moved to the vacant Paris factory owned by the incoming partners. When Delahaye retired in 1901, from failing health, he sold his shares to his partners, with Desmarais purchasing more, thus gaining a majority. As the Desmarais and Morane families were connected by marriage, Delahaye was a family-owned business, from 1901 until its takeover by Hotchkiss in 1954. Delahaye was the minority partner. The board of directors was composed of the shareholders, plus their appointed manager of operations, Charles Weiffenbach, as chief executive officer.

Emile Delahaye had been the company's president, its sole engineer, and the administrator, until his retirement in 1901. In 1898, Delahaye hired Charles Weiffenbach as his managerial assistant; and, Amédée Varlet as the design-engineer.<ref name="Bonhams">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15487/lot/105/|title=Bonhams : c.1906 Delahaye 10/12 CV Type 28 Roi-des-Belges 2062|website=www.bonhams.com|access-date=2016-11-03}}</ref> Both men were qualified mechanical engineers, with differing talents, and both stayed with the company for their entire working career. Weiffenbach became the operations manager in 1906, while Varlet focused on technical engineering and manufacturing advances. In 1932, 42-year-old Jean François was hired as chief design-engineer. Amadee Varlet was over eighty by then, and past his creative prime, but his earned respect caused him to be promoted to head up the new drawing office, and set up and manage the new racing department, assisted by much younger engineer Jean François.

Pierre Peigney, a family relative, was the president, but his was more a formal role, since it was Charles Weiffenbach who had been mandated by the partners to run the company, literally single-handedly.

This he did, including after orchestrating the merger in 1954 with Hotchkiss, a prime competitor. President Peigney signed for Delahaye, and president Richard signed for Hotchkiss. Neither company had the strength and resources to avoid being absorbed by the gigantic [[Brandt (brand)|Brandt group]] of companies. Delahaye vanished into extinction in late 1954.

==Notable models==
[[File:1899-Delahaye-0910.jpg|right|thumb|1899 built vehicle at 2006 rally]]
*{{interlanguage link|Delahaye type 1|lt=Delahaye 1|fr}} – 1895–1901
*[[Delahaye 44]] – 1911–1914 – first production V6<ref name="Hull, p.523"/>
*[[Delahaye 134]] – 1933–1940
*[[Delahaye 135]] – 1935–1954
*[[Delahaye 138]]
*[[Delahaye 148]]
*[[Delahaye 168]] – 1938–1940
*[[Delahaye 175]] – 1948–1951
*[[Delahaye 178]]
*[[Delahaye 180]]
*[[Delahaye 235]] – 1951–1954
*[[Delahaye VLR]] – 1951–1954

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
Image:Engine Delahaye Type 32L Limousine 1912.JPG|Engine Delahaye Type 32L Limousine 1912
Image:Delahaye 175S Roadster.jpg|Delahaye 175S Roadster (1949) with coachwork by [[Saoutchik]]
Image:Delahaye 135 MS, Bj. 1935-36 (1978-08), D. v. d. Lof.jpg|Delahaye 135 MS (1936)
Image:Delahaye 235.jpg|Delahaye 235MS Coupé (1953)
Image:135dub.jpg|Delahaye 135 (1948)
Image:1939 Delahaye Type 165 Figoni & Falaschi.jpg|Delahaye 165 [[Figoni et Falaschi]] (1939)
Image:1937_black_Delahaye_Cabriolet_front.JPG|Delahaye Cabriolet (1937)
Image:1948_Delahaye_135MS_Cabriolet_Chapron.jpg|Delahaye 135
Image:Delahaye_cabriolet.jpeg|Delahaye 135 Cabriolet Pourtout
Image:Delahaye 135 M 1948 Pourtout.jpg|Delahaye 135 M Pourtout (1948)
Image:Delahaye Tourer 1925.jpg|Delahaye Tourer (1925)
Image:Delahaye_135M.jpg|Delahaye 135M
Image:1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster.jpg|1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster
Image:1953 Delahaye 235M Pillarless Coupe by Saoutchik.jpg|Delahaye 235M Saoutchik (1953)
Image:1949 Delahaye type 175 Figoni & Falaschi cabriolet.jpg|Delahaye 178 Drophead Coupé (1949), once owned by [[Elton John]]
</gallery>

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
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* {{cite book |last1=Adatto |first1=Richard |last2=Meredith |first2=Diana E. |title=Delahaye: Styling and Design |date=2006 |publisher=Dalton Watson Fine Books |location=Deerfield, IL, USA |isbn=1854432214}}
* {{cite book |last1=Adatto |first1=Richard |last2=Figoni |first2=Claude |last3=Hinds |first3=Shana |title=French Curves: Delahaye, Delage, Talbot-Lago – Mullin Automotive Museum |date=2011 |publisher=Coachbuilt Press |location=Philadelphia, PA, USA |isbn=9780977980994 |author-mask1=7}}
* {{cite book |last=Bascomb |first=Neal |date=2020 |title=Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |location=Boston |isbn=9781328489876}}
* {{cite book |last1=Blight |first1=Anthony |title=The French Sports Car Revolution: Bugatti, Delage, Delahaye and Talbot in competition 1934-1939 |date=1996 |publisher=Haynes Publishing |series=Foulis Motoring Book series |location=Sparkford, Somerset, UK |isbn=0854299440}} <!-- template -->
* {{cite book |last1=Bocquet |first1=Benoit |title=Quand Joseph Figoni Habillait Les… Delahaye |trans-title=When Joseph Figoni Dressed The… Delahaye |date=2000 |publisher=Club Delahaye |location=Paris |oclc=469523602 |language=fr}}
* {{cite book |last1=Buckley |first1=J. R. |title=The 3.5-Litre Delahaye Type 135 |series=No. 53 |date=1967 |publisher=Profile Publications |location=Leatherhead, Surrey, UK |oclc=1006400662}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Clarke |editor-first=R.M. |title=Delahaye |series=Road Test Portfolio Series |year=2010 |publisher=Brooklands Books |location=Cobham, Surrey, UK |isbn=978-1855208810}}
* {{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Peter J. |title=The World Encyclopedia of Trucks: An illustrated guide to classic and contemporary trucks around the world |date=2000 |publisher=Lorenz Books |location=London |isbn=0754805182}}
* {{cite book |last1=Dorizon |first1=Jacques |last2=Peigney |first2=François |last3=Dauliac |first3=Jean-Pierre |title=Delahaye: Le grand livre |trans-title=Delahaye: The Big Book |date=1995 |publisher=éditions EPA |location=Paris |isbn=2851204408 |language=fr}}
* {{cite book |last1=Jolly |first1=François |title=Delahaye: Sport et Prestige |trans-title=Delahaye: Sport and Prestige |date=2002 |publisher=Éditions du Palmier |location=Nîmes, France |isbn=2851204467 |language=fr}}
* {{cite book |last1=Jolly |first1=François |title=Delahaye V 12: Course, Sport & Tourisme |trans-title=Delahaye V 12: Racing, Sport & Tourism |date=2007 |publisher=Éditions du Palmier |location=Nîmes, France |isbn= |language=fr |author-mask1=7}}
* {{cite book |last1=Renou |first1=Michel G. |title=Delahaye: L'histoire des grandes marques automobiles |trans-title=Delahaye: The history of a major automotive brand |series=Auto Histoire series, no. 22 |date=1983 |publisher=éditions EPA |location=Paris |isbn=2851201786 |language=fr}}
* {{cite book |last1=Renou |first1=Michel G. |title=Delahaye |series=Toute l'histoire series |date=1994 |publisher=éditions EPA |location=Paris |isbn=2851204467 |language=fr |author-mask1=8}}
* {{cite book |last1=Tissot |first1=Jean-Paul |title=Delahaye: La belle carrosserie française |trans-title=Delahaye: The beautiful French bodies |date=2006 |publisher=E-T-A-I |location=Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), France |isbn=2726886973 |language=fr}}
* {{cite book |last1=Tissot |first1=Jean-Paul |title=Figoni & Delahaye: 1934-1954 – la haute couture automobile |trans-title=Figoni & Delahaye: 1934-1954 – the haute couture automobile |date=2013 |publisher=E-T-A-I |location=Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), France |isbn=978-2726896761 |language=fr |author-mask1=8}}
* {{cite book |last1=Ward |first1=Rod |title=Delage-Delahaye-Hotchkiss: Part 1 Delahaye Album |series=Auto Review series, no. 132 |date=2017 |publisher=Zeteo Publishing |location=Leeds, UK |oclc=994682017}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Automobiles Delahaye}}
* [http://www.clubdelahaye.com Club Delahaye]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10975531 1949 Delahaye Roadster belonging to Diana Dors] (BBC)
* [https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1937/5/fine-french-sports-car December 1937 - Motorsport Magazine - A fine French Sports car: a test in difficult conditions of the 3-Litre Delahaye]
* [https://media.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/december-1937/full/5.jpg Scan of the article which appeared in December 1937 in the Motorsport Magazine ]

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