Auverland In 1957 Bernard Cournil built a prototype of the cross-country Cournil Type JA1, which went into low series production the following year. In 1978 the production was taken over by Gevarm, and in 1980 by Societe I. d. M. I., which in 1983/84 changed the brand name from Cournil to Autoland. In 1985 Auverland, a company formed in 1984, took control of the production. Since that time the vehicles have been marketed under the Auverland label. In January 2005 Auverland took over from PSA the arms company Panhard .

Created by Francois Servanin early 1980 in Saint-Germain-Laval (Loire), Auverland began licensed production of the Cournil 4x4 previously constructed in Aurillac (Cantal) beginning in 1984. Licensed production of Cournil was also taken in Portugal under the brand UMM in 1977. In 1986 Auverland presented a redesigned version, still based on the Cournil, called the A3. Auverland almost disappeared due to diversification into civilian vehicles. In 2001, the new Society of Automotive Auverland (NAAS) was taken over by refocusing on market forces and public services (police, mounted police, firefighters ), but also recognized in competition circuits. With the production of its small protected vehicle, "PVP", or A4VL for the French Army, has returned Auverland success and the group PSA sold the company SCMPL Panhard Auverland in January 2005. The Auverland company was 76% owned by the Cohen family, 10% by Christian Mons, 7% by Pierre Dalmas, and 7% by the Servanins. In 2005, the company achieved a turnover of 60 million euros and had a staff of 300 employees (aggregation of entities and SCMPL NAAS). Since 30 December 2005, the company took the name " Panhard General Defense "and expects a turnover of more than 95 million euros for 2006 and 120 million in 2007. Despite its modest size in relation to key players in the defense industry, it still ranks as Europe's leading armored wheeled vehicles under 10 tons, with the lineup the most robust market. In October 2012, Renault Trucks Defense, division of Swedish Volvo Group since 2001, acquired Panhard for 62.5 million euros.
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