About Us


Der Franzose Automobiltechnik GmbH in Vechta is a team of committed employees, whose primary task is, you, the customer as fast, easy and reliable as possible supply with products for your classic French car. We succeed now for nearly 25 years with great regularity. Der Franzose Automobiltechnik is one of the best 3,3% of all German companies. The German Agency Hoppenstedt awarded us with the Top-Rating-certificate 2012. This certificate was given in January to only 3,3% of the 4,5 million German companies. This positive assessment gives our suppliers and customers the confidence to have a reliable partner on their side. 98% of all listed items are in stock, so that a fast delivery is given. In December 2010, our new warehouse, the third, got ready with 360 places for pallets and approximately 60,000 new storage bins. Thus, we hold on over 2,500 sqm floor aria approximately 480,000 items in stock for you. Our total stock amounts to more than 15,000 different items. Normally, we ship your parts within 2-3 business days, but especially in the summer month, the order volume increases by more than 100%, so that especially during the holiday season it sometimes can even last a day longer. We want to say sorry in advance for the delay and are constantly troubled by extra work, barring holidays and seasonal workers to catch this, but it does not work always. 22 years there was no – and now we have two of them. So far we don’t have a real French at “Der Franzose”, but in 2010 we have taken two French in our team that now consists of nearly 20 employees. (“Der Franzose” means in English Frenchman so we were “The Frenchman” without any french man) In France it got around that in Germany is one of the largest stocks in the world for Citroen-, Peugeot- and Renault vintage cars parts. Therefore we have established a French online shop under www.CiPeRe.fr and officially registered a branch in Paris. Vive la France
‘Der Franzose’ (The Frenchman) was founded in northern Germany in 1988, when, out of love for the 2CV, we developed the first soft-top kit for the car ever to obtain the TÜV seal of approval. This was then followed by many other kits. Changing times and our love for the original 2CV saw us produce many enhanced spare parts for the car. As a result of constant development, involving old suppliers and certification of our products, we have now become the largest mail order retailer for 2CV spare parts in the German-speaking world. Citroen recognised the work we were doing and made us the only approved manufacturer of an internally developed chassis for the 2CV. We are the only specialist 2CV operation to have been certified by the TÜV standards organisation, and we are also recognised by the German Ministry of Transport as an official producer of 2CV spare parts. Over 25,000 parcels and packages leave our building every year for destinations all around the globe, and thanks to cooperation with lots of other 2CV dealers in other countries, we have together been able to help many a reproduction or restoration project along the way!

Who else offers such a wide range of spares? Many of the spare parts that you can get from our competitors, we import or have made. We are often copied or obstructed in our work, but even there we are already one step ahead of the game. Despite holding inventory worth €750,000, we can’t always supply every spare part direct from stock, either because the part is still being produced, we’re waiting for a big order from overseas or production has been halted. As soon as we hear of any such log-jams, we pass on the news via our Internet newsletter, as we do if we’re able to buy in special items at knock-down prices, passing the savings on to our customers. So, it’s well worth subscribing to our free newsletter! You can reach us Monday to Friday from 9.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 (CET) on +49 (0) 44 41 91 61 912
TV-Bericht (N3/WDR3) aus September 2006 Thema: Der Franzose in Vechta
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