What is "charron"

Charron was a French automobile manufacturer, based in the Paris conurbation, and active between 1906 and 1930.

Although the company Automobiles Charron Limited was established (with a large injection of British finance) only in 1906 (and registered in 1907), its origins date from a business founded in 1901 called Automobiles Charron, Girardot et Voigt (C.G.V.).