Cyclecars José Boniquet Riera

Cyclecars José Boniquet Riera
legal form
founding	1921
resolution	1923
Reason for dissolution	Bankrupt
Seat	Madrid , Spain
management	José Boniquet Riera
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Cyclecars José Boniquet Riera was a Spanish manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The dentist and racing driver José Boniquet Riera founded the company in Madrid in 1921 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was JBR , derived from the name of the company founder. Production ended in 1923 when the company went bankrupt . Riera made a second attempt as an automobile manufacturer in 1924 with the Storm .

vehicles

The company manufactured cyclecars . In the prototype , the power was transmitted via belts, in the series models via a cardan shaft . A two-cylinder engine from MAG and a four-cylinder engine from Ruby with a displacement of 904 cm³ were available for the drive . There were the body styles torpedo , sedan and open two-seater. The vehicles were also used successfully in races. Riera won a class in the Armangué race in 1923 .

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 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
• GN Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 (English)

Web links

• Website from autopasion18.com (Spanish with photos)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.