Founded in 1907 as Atéliers Chausson Frères, they became the biggest manufacturer of radiators in France in the 1920s.
In the 1930s Chausson started coachbuilding and became the biggest french coachbuilder in the 1950s (In 1942, during World War II, Chausson built his first omnibus)
Chausson built bodies on Simca, Peugeot, Ford, Matford, Panhard, Renault, Citroen, DAF, Volvo, Opel, BMW, Perle, Chenard-Walcker, DB, Rosengart, CHS, Lancia, Talbot Lago chassis' etc.