Gladiator Owners Group

The Gladiator Cycle Company was a French manufacturer of bicycles and cars based in Pré St Gervais, Seine and founded by Alexandre Darracq and Paul Aucoq in 1891.[1]

Darracq sold the company in 1896 to a syndicate formed by Adolphe Clément and Lord Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, with the British Automobile Commercial Syndicate Ltd and renamed it Clement, Gladiator & Humber (France) Ltd. They added a range of cars and motorcycles to the bicycles.

Clément renamed the French branch "Clément-Gladiator" and the English branch "Clément-Talbot". The company was divided in 1903, Charles Chetwynd-Talbot getting "Clément-Talbot Ltd" and Adolphe Clément forming Clément-Bayard.

In 1906 Gladiator was bought by Vinot et Deguingand who transferred production to their factory at Puteaux.[1] The Pré St Gervais works continued to make bicycles.

The Gladiator name was dropped from the cars in 1920.[1]