Société des Automobiles Gem
The Société des Automobiles Juwel was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles from Brussels . The brand name was Jewel .
Company history
In 1922 the company started producing cars. In 1927 it was renamed Usines Juwel, Construction des Automobiles SA . Production ended at the end of 1928.
vehicles
The first two models 6/8 HP and 8/10 HP had a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1131 cm³ . They only differed in the size of the bodies. Both models were available as sedans , open touring cars and delivery vans . In 1924 the successor model 9 HP appeared with the same engine. In December 1928, the prototype TA-4 was shown at the Brussels Salon . This model was front-wheel drive , but no longer went into series production.
The Société Astra Motors SA developed the front-wheel drive model further and brought it in 1929 as Astra on the market.
literature
- Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian, Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels 1979, ISBN 2-87057-001-5 and epa, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85120-090-9 (French)
- George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975. (French)
- Nick Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile , Volume 1, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)