Start with what the Panhard & Levassor Dynamic is: a 4-door saloon / 4-door “6-light” saloon / 2-door coupé / 2-door cabriolet with 2516 cc - 3834 cc sleeve-valve I6, built from 1936 to 1940, when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Louis Bionier.
How it came about
The Panhard et Levassor Dynamic is a large car produced by the French auto-maker Panhard et Levassor from 1936 to 1940 as a replacement for the company’s CS. It was introduced at the Paris Motor Show in October 1936.
The hardware
The engine is 2516 cc - 3834 cc sleeve-valve I6. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2600 mm / 2800 mm / 3000 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Panhard line-up the Panhard & Levassor Dynamic has a clear place: the factory was Porte d'Ivry district, Paris. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Volkswagen Beetle, the Bugatti Type 57, the Chevrolet Suburban. Its Panhard stablemates include the Panhard & Levassor M2F Break CnAM 20520 and the Panhard & Levassor 15 CV.
Owning one today
There is no federal ownership record for the Panhard & Levassor Dynamic — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.