Berliet started making twin cylinder cars in 1900 after making experimental single cars from 1894. Marius Berliet's Lyon factory was producing 4-cylinder cars from 1904, and produced only the Berliet CBA 5-tonne truck throughout World War One with 5-litre 4-cylinder engine. After the War Berliet decided to produce only the CBA Truck and a 15CV car which he had copied from an American Dodge. Unfortunately the Berliet version was inferior to the American version and the cars were problematic. Sales plummeted and losses mounted and in 1921 Berliet went into receivership but Marius Berliet managed to pay off all his debts by 1929. The 1929 Motor Show had 4 Berliet cars on the stand and three of these were sold with 6-cylinder engines, but the 6-cylinder cars had been dropped by 1933 and the last Berliet car was made in 1939. Trucks kept the Berliet name alive after the war including the T100 with 29-litre Cummins engine and reputed to be the biggest truck in the world; only four were built. Citroen took over Berliet in 1967 and then Renault took over Berliet in 1974 and merged it with Saviem to form RVI in 1978.