# Vivinus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vivinus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vivinus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivinus > Source revision: 1335137158 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{More sources needed|date=December 2009}} thumb|Vivinus 1900 thumb|Share of the Automobiles Vivinus SA, issued 1908 thumb|Vivinus phaeton (1902) thumb|Vivinus duc tonneau (1902) '''Vivinus''' [car](/source/car)s were made by '''Ateliers Vivinus S.A.''', a company founded in 1899 in [Schaerbeek](/source/Schaerbeek), [Brussels](/source/Brussels). The company was renamed '''Automobiles Vivinus S.A.''' in 1908. The owner, '''Alexis Vivinus''' (1860-1929), had made bicycles in the 1890s and become an importer of [Benz](/source/Benz_%26_Cie.). From 1895 he started to make his own range of cars. These were [belt](/source/Belt_(mechanical))-driven [voiturette](/source/voiturette) models with a 785 cc [single-cylinder engine](/source/single-cylinder_engine) and 2-speed transmission by belt drive. Licences to make his designs were sold to firms such as [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans_(automobile)) of England, [Georges Richard](/source/Georges_Richard) of France and [De Dietrich](/source/De_Dietrich) in Germany. From 1907 a range of more conventional 4-cylinder cars were made with shaft drive, along with motorcycles and aero engines. The company went into liquidation in 1912. The workshop was taken over by {{interlanguage|Fabrique d'automobile belge|fr}}. Vivinus himself later joined [Minerva](/source/Minerva_(automobile)).{{Cite web |date=2013-07-19 |title=RVCCB Constructeurs Belges V |url=http://www.rvccb.be/PAGES/CONSTRUCTEURS%20LISTE/constructeurs%20VFR.html#VIVINUS |access-date=2022-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719004627/http://www.rvccb.be/PAGES/CONSTRUCTEURS%20LISTE/constructeurs%20VFR.html#VIVINUS |archive-date=2013-07-19 |url-status=dead |language=fr}} ==References== {{Reflist}} * George Nick Georgano: ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.'' Volume 3: ''P–Z.'' Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, {{ISBN|1-57958-293-1}}.{{page needed|date=March 2024}} Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Belgium Category:Car manufacturers of Belgium Category:Veteran vehicles Category:Brass Era vehicles Category:Belgian brands Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1899 Category:Schaerbeek Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1912 Category:1912 disestablishments in Belgium Category:Belgian companies established in 1899 Category:Cars of Belgium {{Veteran-auto-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Vivinus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivinus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivinus?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.