Gustav Ericsson's automobile factory

AB Gustav Ericssons Automobile Factory
legal form	FROM
founding	1905
resolution	1909
Seat	Stockholm , Sweden
management	Gustav LM Ericsson
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Gurik from 1907

AB Gustav Ericssons Automobilfabrik was a Swedish manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Gustav LM Ericsson founded the company in Stockholm in 1905 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was initially GEA , from 1907 Gurik . Production ended in 1909.

vehicles

Brand name GEA

In 1905 a vehicle with a six-cylinder engine was created , which is considered the first six-cylinder engine to be produced in Sweden. The engine was composed of three two-cylinder engines from the Fafnir works . The round grille was similar to Delaunay-Belleville's . It stayed with a single copy.

Brand name Gurik

This brand name was used between 1907 and 1909. Two models with four-cylinder engines were on offer . These were the 12/14 HP and the 16/20 HP .

One vehicle from this manufacturer has been preserved.

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)

Web links

Commons : Gustav Ericssons Automobilfabrik  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on July 28, 2012)