Usines Mathieu

Advert from 1906

Usines Mathieu was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles from Zaventem .

Company history

The company Usines de Saventhem, Brevets E. Mathieu , formerly Etablissements de Construction d'Automoteurs système E. Mathieu of the French Eugène Mathieu took over the rival company Usines Delin in 1902 . At the end of 1906 the merger with Belgica took place . That was the end of the Mathieu brand name.

Automobiles

Initially, cars were made with single-cylinder engines with either 6 or 8 hp . In 1903 the single cylinder model 9 CV was added. In 1904 the range was expanded to include the two four-cylinder models 8/12 CV and 15/30 CV . At the beginning of 1906, the range consisted of 14/16 CV , 24/30 CV and 35/45 CV .

motorcycles

The motorcycles produced were marketed under the brand name Automoteurs .

literature

• 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)
• George Nicholas Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975 (French).

Web links

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