Établissements Snoeck

Établissements Snoeck was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles from Ensival near Verviers . The brand name was Snoeck .

Company history

The company was founded in 1863 and produced textile machines. In 1899 a license agreement for the production of automobiles was concluded with the French automobile manufacturer De Riancey . However, it is unclear whether automobiles were actually produced under the De Riancey license. In the same year, vehicles were built under license from the French car manufacturer Bolide . At the end of 1902 the production of motor vehicles ended.

vehicles

The models under license Bolide were optionally equipped with two-cylinder engines or four-cylinder engines. In March 1902 the small car 8.5 CV with a two-cylinder engine, three-speed gearbox and cardan drive, the larger models 12 CV , 16 CV and 24 CV also with cardan drive and two truck models were presented at an exhibition in Brussels .

literature

• Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian, Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels, ISBN 2-8705-7001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-8512-0090-9 . (French)
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)