Direct

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Société de Construction Mécaniques et d'Automobiles
legal form
founding 1904
resolution 1905
Seat Brussels , Belgium
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Direct was a Belgian car brand.

Company history

The Société de Construction Mécaniques et d'Automobiles started producing automobiles in 1904. The plant was located on Boulevard Baudouin in Brussels . Ateliers Déchamps was also located in the same building . Production ended in 1905.

vehicles

The only model 40/50 CV was based on a development by Robert Goldschmidt. The large four-cylinder engine was mounted in the front of the chassis and powered the rear axle. The special feature was the lack of a gearbox .

literature

  • George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
  • GN Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present , Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 (English)
  • David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 (English)
  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .