by a sustained recovery in demand that in turn reflected an effective model strategy after 1922, Berliet was able to pay off his debtors and, in 1929, to regain financial control over the business from the banks. A full range for 1925 By the middle of the decade the manufacturer was again exhibiting a full range of automobile models at the 1924 October Motor Show, although at this stage they all featured four cylinder engines including even the 3958cc "4-litre" with its impressive cylinder dimensions of 95 x 140 mm. The range for 1925 was as follows: "Type VI": Launched 1924 with a 1,160cc (7HP/CV) ohc engine. Wheelbase Listed prices Oct 1924: 16,260 francs (bare chassis), 21,500 francs (Torpedo), 25,500 francs (berline/saloon/sedan) "Type VRC" with a 2,603cc (12 HP/CV) sidevalve engine. Wheelbase Listed prices Oct 1924: 20,600 francs (bare chassis), 26,500 francs (Torpedo), 34,000 francs (berline/saloon/sedan) "Type VM" with a 3,296cc (16 HP/CV) sidevalve engine. Wheelbase Listed prices Oct 1924: 24,800 francs (bare chassis), 33,000 francs (Torpedo), 41,650 francs (berline/saloon/sedan) "Type VRK / 2½-litre" with a 2,480cc (16 HP/CV) ohv engine. Wheelbase Listed prices Oct 1924: 30,000 francs (bare chassis), 46,500 francs (Torpedo), 48,500 francs (berline/saloon/sedan) "Type VK" with a 3,958cc (18 HP/CV) ohv engine. Wheelbase Listed prices Oct 1924: 48,500 francs (bare chassis only) From 1925 the manufacturer was producing its own car bodies. Pushing up market New six-cylinder models followed in 1927. By October 1928, just twelve months before the Wall Street Crash crystallized a savage downturn for the western economies, three of the four cars offered for 1929 on the Berliet stand at the Paris Motor Show, were powered by six cylinder engines. The range for 1929 was as follows: "9CV": 1.5-litre 4-cylinder engine. Wheelbase "10CV": 1.8-litre 6-cylinder engine. Wheelbase "11CV": 2.0-litre 6-cylinder engine. Wheelbase "20CV": 4.0-litre 6-cylinder engine. Wheelbase The largest of these, with its four-litre engine, was still listed by the manufacturer in March 1929, but was only available "to special order". However, by this time the manufacturer was also developing, for 1930, a "16CV" 2.8-litre six-cylinder model. The 1930s In 1930 Berliet experimentally installed a diesel engine in one of their old CBA trucks, and in 1931 a batch of diesel powered Berliet GD2s was produced. From 1933, only four-cylinder models (1600 cc and 2000 cc) were offered. The last Berliet sedan, first exhibited at the Paris Motor Show in October 1933 but launched,