French Automobile Club

The Automobile Club de France ( ACF) is a private club of car enthusiasts, was founded on 12 November 1895 by Marquis Albert de Dion, Baron de Zuylen de Nyevelt and journalist Paul Meyan. Thus, the ACF is the oldest automobile club in the world. In 1904, the ACF founded together with clubs from six other nations the Association Internationale des Automobiles Clubs Reconnus, today Fédération Internationale de l' Automobile ( FIA). The Automobile Club organized a variety of car racing and organized in 1906 the first Grand Prix ever, the Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France.

The club is housed since 1898 at the Place de la Concorde in Paris 6 to over 10,000 m² in the Hotels du Plessis- Bellière and Moreau, both of which lie between the Hôtel de Crillon and the Hotel de Coislin.

The club members are there lounges, a swimming pool, a gym, a library with more than 45,000 volumes, a cinema, bars and dining rooms. As a sports offered yoga, squash, shooting, billiards and fencing. At disposal there is also a hair salon and a travel agency.

The members of the club meet on a Wednesday of the month at the clubhouse each.

President of the club

Director of the ACF

Charles Lüthi is the current Director General / Secretary of the Automobile Club de France.