Auto mixte

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SA Auto-Mixte
legal form SA
founding 1906
resolution 1912
Seat Herstal , Belgium
Branch Automobiles

The SA Auto-Mixte was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles and commercial vehicles .

Company history

The company from rue Hayeneux in Herstal began in 1906 with the production of automobiles and commercial vehicles. The focus was on commercial vehicles. From 1911 the brand name Pescatore was used for commercial vehicles and for individual passenger cars . Production ended in 1912.

vehicles

Auto-Mixte vehicle during the 1906 Paris Motor Show

Most of the vehicles were gasoline-electric powered by the Pieper system . A 3.5 HP petrol engine with a dynamo was used to charge a 48-volt battery. The range was about 50 kilometers. One model was the 24 CV with a four-cylinder engine , which was exhibited several times at the Brussels Motor Show. In 1909 a model with a valve motor according to the Charles Yale Knight system was presented.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Auto-Mixte.
  • George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
  • George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Publishing, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 . (English)
  • 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)

Web links

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