Atelier Gustave Ernst

Atelier Gustave Ernst
legal form
founding	1904
resolution	1908
Seat	Geneva , Switzerland
management	Gustave Ernst
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Ateliers Gustave Ernst was a Swiss manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Gustave Ernst, who previously worked for Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft , founded the company as a repair shop in Geneva in 1904 and began producing automobiles in 1905. The brand name was Ernst . Production ended in 1908.

vehicles

The company initially manufactured the Model 12 CV . The chassis came from Malicet & Blin . A four-cylinder engine of Aster with 2438 cc capacity (84 mm bore and 110 mm stroke ) provided for the drive. In 1907 the 14 CV and 16 CV models followed , the engines of which had a displacement of 3402 cm³. It was driven by a chain. The transmission had three gears. These models were also used in hill climbs.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
• Ernest Schmid: Swiss cars. Swiss automobile designs from 1868 to the present day. Auto-Jahr, Lausanne 1978, ISBN 2-88001-058-6

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 19, 2012)