De La Chapelle

About De La Chapelle

De la Chapelle is a French independent car builder. "De la Chapelle Frères et Compagnie", the original, historic instance of the marque, built full-size automobiles from 1910 until 1914. A revival took place in 1975 by Xavier de la Chapelle, starting as a Bugatti replica maker which manufactured cars from 1978 until 1982. The Type 55 Replica initially reused the company's Belle Époque brand name "Stimula". The company was restarted again in 1985, bringing back the Stimula Roadster and gradually adding variants of that model. In 1996 they created the "Roadster", the company's first own creation. They also make miniature copies of real-cars for children. The Replicas are powered by BMW (straight-six), the Roadster by Peugeot (straight-four/V6) and the concept car by Mercedes-Benz (V8) or Jaguar (V12) engines.