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Jousset was a French
automobile A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarded ...
manufacturer from 1924 until 1928. Built by a M. Louis Jousset of
Bellac Bellac (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Inhabitants are known as ''Bellachons''. Bellac is where the French author Jean Giraudoux, writer of '' L'Apollon de Bellac'', was bo ...
in
Haute Vienne Haute-Vienne (; oc, Nauta Vinhana, ; English: Upper Vienne) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve departments that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitain ...
, they were Ruby or CIME engined
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and
touring car Touring car and tourer are both terms for open cars (i.e. cars without a fixed roof). "Touring car" is a style of open car built in the United States which seats four or more people. The style was popular from the early 1900s to the 1930s. Th ...
s of 1099 cc and 1496 cc. Jousset were also coachbuilders making bodies for Ariès who competed with one at the Le Mans 24 hour race (entry number 29 in 1927) with the Fournier team from Paris. The coach finished 14th despite the small setbacks of a small engine fire and hitting a
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References

*David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles'' Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France Coachbuilders of France {{vintage-auto-stub