Léon Bollée Automobiles was a French company founded by Léon Bollée in Le Mans to build a first vehicle called "Voiturette". The Bollée family, all car makers, created three brands: * steam vehicles, Amédée Bollée (father), built between 1873 and 1885. * petrol (gasoline) cars, Amédée Bollée (son), built between 1896 and 1923. * the automobiles of Léon Bollée, between 1895 and 1931. Bollée's next vehicle appeared in 1899. It was a four-wheel car with independent suspension, whose engine attracted the attention in 1900 of Darracq, which used it in its own models.