Delecroix
The Delecroix was a Belgian automobile. First built in 1897, but commercialised in 1898, it was a light car with a rear-mounted engine and a suspension-less tubular frame. In 1899, the company started building a model with places for carrying four people.
Delecroix
- Founded
- 1897
- Headquarters
- Belgium
- Activity
- automotive industry
- Dissolved
- 1899
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The Delecroix was a Belgian automobile. First built in 1897, but commercialised in 1898, it was a light car with a rear-mounted engine and a suspension-less tubular frame. In 1899, the company started building a model with places for carrying four people.
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It had a single-cylinder 3.5 hp engine. A small car with a 2-cylinder De Dion engine was also built. This had the added advantage over many of its contemporaries of having the capability to drive backwards.
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1897
Delecroix established.
1897
Delecroix is recorded from 1897.
1899
Delecroix ceased.
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