a production and design unit for various automakers . it specialized in producing short series for niche markets such as convertibles or station wagons . business activity ended on 31 october 2013 . the company s plant and buildings have been taken over by the fabrique r gionale du bocage a quasi company which has the regional government of poitou charentes as its majority share holder . contents 1 history 2 production 3 electric vehicles 4 see also 5 references history edit heuliez was created in 1920 by adolphe heuliez who started by making horse drawn carts . as early as 1925 he assembled his first car a peugeot 177b . he also created a subsidiary company for the production of buses which was later sold . towards the end however the main product of heuliez was the retractable roof made for the peugeot 206 cc with 350 000 units being produced . it also produced entire cars such as the opel tigra . since 1985 heuliez has produced more than 450 000 cars with a staff of over 2 000 . more recently however poor sales of the tigra forced heuliez to reduce its staff by 541 and opel asked heuliez to reduce its output from 200 to 50 cars day until the end of 2006 . in october 2007 heuliez asked for protection from creditors . 1 in july 2008 argentum motors committed itself to investing 10 million euros in the business with a further 10 million euros during the ensuing five year in return for 60 % pf the company s capital but the agreement was not followed through . heuliez is trying to put a four door convertible similar to the peugeot 407 macarena prototype into production within the next five years . the main production plant is located in cerizay in the deux s vres d partement . the president of heuliez is paul qu veau . in 2010 heuliez went out of convertible rooftop making business . production edit citro n bx station wagon 1985 1994 citro n visa chrono 1984 citro n visa mille pistes 1984 citro n visa convertible 1984 citro n bx 4tc 1986 citro n cx break 1989 1991 citro n xm break 1992 2000 citro n xantia break 1995 2001 opel tigra twin top 2004 2009 peugeot 206 cc 2000 2007 peugeot 604 limousine 1978 1984 peugeot 205 turbo 16 t16 road cars renault 5 turbo electric vehicles edit mia electric also known as heuliez friendly 2 heuliez pondicherry neighborhood all electric urban pick up see also edit active wheel as used in the heuliez will concept car henri chapron also in france karmann in germany magna steyr in austria bertone and pininfarina in italy valmet automotive in finland references edit http news.caradisiac.com heuliez sous protection 006 http www.hybridcars.com electric cars 6 cool european electric cars never coming us 25227.html v t e heuliez products citro n bx citro n cx citro n visa citro n xm citro n xantia opel tigra twin top peugeot 206 cc v t e automotive industry in france automotive industry economy of france transport in france active manufacturers auverland beneteau group microcar bollor de la chapelle exagon iveco bus heuliez bus ligier motob cane nexter panhard pgo psa group citro n peugeot peugeot cycles pvi renault renault trucks acmat renault trucks defense scorpa y.o concept defunct manufacturers aerocarene alpine heuliez lumeneo mia electric simca talbot foreign companies with operations polaris europe aixam gropil industrie volkswagen group france bugatti automobiles components faurecia michelin renault sport sodemo valeo insurance and finance rci banque related topics autoroutes organisation internationale des constructeurs d automobiles paris motor show retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title heuliez & oldid 715842542 categories defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of franceconvertible top supplierscompanies of francecoachbuilders of france navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran aisnederlands norsk bokm lpolskisuomi edit links this page was last modified on 18 april 2016 at 09 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view