Georges Irat [SEP] dissolved or abolished
been replaced by a 1996 cc 4-cylinder in-line unit featuring a twin overhead camshaft and driving, now, the rear wheels via a more conventional transmission. At this time the French auto-industry was subject to extensive government intervention, and in this dirigiste context Georges Irat thought that the larger-engined car might be classified by the government, which controlled supplies of materials necessary for auto-production, as an "exceptional car reserved in the first instance for export" However, the car never entered production even though it
Michel Irat
The Michel Irat was a French automobile manufactured from 1929 until 1930 in Paris.
Georges Irat bought the Chaigneau-Brasier company and changed its name to that of his son Michel. Production continued of the old models which used a side valve 1086 cc four-cylinder engine.
In 1930 Georges Irat combined the company with his own larger operation.
At least one example (1929) survives in private ownership in England, whilst another was rumoured to exist in Belgium in 1985.
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