Chenard-Walcker Aigle 8 Price Guide

The Chenard-Walcker Aigle 8 was the flagship model of a French manufacturer best remembered for winning the inaugural Le Mans 24 Hours in 1923. The Aigle (Eagle) series of the 1930s represented Chenard-Walcker’s attempt to compete in the prestige touring car market with a straight-eight engine at a time when the French luxury car hierarchy was fiercely contested.

The Car

Chenard et Walcker was founded in 1898 and produced a wide range of cars before the Le Mans victory brought international attention. The Aigle 8 of the mid-1930s used an in-line eight-cylinder engine in a range of coachbuilt touring and saloon bodies. The company faced increasing financial difficulties through the 1930s and was eventually absorbed into the Chausson group, ending independent car production. Any surviving Aigle 8 is an exceptionally rare piece of French automotive heritage.

Buying

The Chenard-Walcker specialist community is small and primarily French. Authenticity, verification and parts sourcing require specialist research. The Chenard-Walcker marque is one of the rarer pre-war French names encountered on the market.