Mauve

Mauve was a French cyclecar manufacturer based in Levallois-Perret, in the Seine region. The marque originated with Eugène Mauve, who built and raced an unconventional cyclecar called the ELFE between 1919 and 1921. In 1922 he turned to a more conventional design, powered by a 1086cc single overhead-camshaft four-cylinder Anzani engine. Because Mauve raced this car under the name Anzani, or Mauve-Anzani, Anzani has sometimes been mistakenly listed as a…