Thus, Cyrille-Edouard Cottin, who could not enter, created his own business and teamed with Pierre Desgoutte in 1906, when he was 36 years old.
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Cyrille-Edouard Cottin (1870-1942) was a French industrialist and racing driver, co-founder of the Automobiles Cottin et Desgouttes company.
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All of this together with the high technical competence of Pierre Desgoutte, allowed the new company Cottin& Desgoutte sto develop rapidly.
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When the company encoutered its first difficulties in 1929, André Citroën, who was already mass-producing automobiles, proposed to acquire the company.
Letty Cottin Pogrebin | Cyrille Regis | Cyrille Adoula | Cyrille Thouvenin | Cyrille Guimard | Cyrille Delannoit | Cottin & Desgouttes | Advertisement from 1914 for the works of Jules Cottin and his siblings, Madeleine and Alfred, taken from the book ''The Guitar and Mandolin'' by Philip J. Bone |