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Large cars continued to be a specialty of Minerva's, and in 1930 the then almost-compulsory-for-the-time straight eight was introduced in two sizes; the 6.6-litre AL and the 4-litre AP. [7] The last Minerva was the 2-litre M4 of 1934 but it did not sell well. A green 1924 Minerva MLT tractor and a 1934 Minerva SP fire engine at Autoworld in ...
[2] [3] The only other rooftop test tracks were on Fiat's Lingotto plant, opened in 1923, and Palacio Chrysler in Buenos Aires, opened in 1928. Over the course of four years, Impéria took over three other Belgian car manufacturers: Métallurgique (1927), Excelsior (1929), and Nagant (1931).
In 1897 their sales manager Hart O. Berg visited Pope Manufacturing Company [2] and by 1898 FN bought a Columbia Victoria battery electric vehicle. [3] The first FN automobile prototype was built in March 1899 and its serial production started in 1900. [2] It was called a "Spider" but to modern eyes more closely resembles a horseless carriage.
Another early armoured car of the period was the French Charron, Girardot et Voigt 1902, presented at the Salon de l'Automobile et du cycle in Brussels, on 8 March 1902. [2] The vehicle was equipped with a Hotchkiss machine gun , and with 7 mm armour for the gunner [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] although it, too, was only a prototype and never used in warfare.
Autoworld is a museum of vintage cars located in the South Hall of the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark in Brussels, Belgium.The museum displays a large and varied collection of over 250 European and American automobiles from the late 19th century to the 1990s and is notable for its collections of early and Belgian-produced vehicles, including Minervas and several limousines belonging to the ...
Excelsior (1911) Share of the Automobiles Impéria-Excelsior SA, issued 21. June 1928. Compagnie Nationale Excelsior, more simply known as Excelsior, was a Belgian car manufacturer established by Arthus de Coninck in Brussels in 1903.
For 1908 the car range included the 60/80 and the 40-hp, which was a smaller version of the 60/80, the 2-cylinder cars being finally dropped, the last of them a 12/14. [9] They were replaced in 1909 by a 12/14 four-cylinder (built in Germany by Bergmann Elektrizitäwerke of Berlin ), [ 10 ] joined by a 5-litre 26 hp (19 kW), and in 1911 all ...
The Société des Ateliers Germain (Matériel de Chemins de Fer & Tramways, Voitures Automobiles) was founded 30 October 1897, [1] with a factory at Monceau-sur-Sambre, Belgium. [ 2 ] The company initially manufactured automobiles under license from Daimler-Phoenix and Panhard-Levassor , and later small automobiles ( Voiturettes ) under license ...