Léon Mans et Cie
Léon Mans et Cie | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1899 |
resolution | 1901 |
Seat | Brussels , Belgium |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Léon Mans et Cie was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles . The brand name was Mans .
Company history
The company from Avenue Van Volxem in Brussels exhibited vehicles at the Brussels Motor Show in March 1899 and began producing automobiles. Production ended in 1901.
vehicles
The first model was a tricycle and was similar to Léon Bollée's tricycle . However, the vehicle with an air-cooled single-cylinder engine had a conventional chain drive. There was also a tricycle with a built-in engine from De Dion-Bouton . In 1901 a conventional four-wheeled small car with a front engine and steering wheel followed.
literature
- George Nick Georgano : The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present , Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 (English)
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian and Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels, ISBN 2-8705-7001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-8512-0090-9 (French)