Métallurgique

thumb|upright=1.36|1921 Métallurgique 12-14 HP sports roadster Métallurgique were cars made by ''Société Anonyme L'Auto Métallurgique'', Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium, between 1898 and 1928. Before making cars, the company had made railway locomotives and rolling stock.

thumb|Metallurgique Speedster 1911 left|thumb|Share of the L'Auto-Métallurgique SA, issued 1920 thumb|Metallurgique Speedster 1911 thumb| Métallurgique (1907). ==Production== The first cars were 2-cylinder models with chain drive. In 1900, the company switched to shaft drive. In 1905 an all-new range was introduced, resembling contemporary Daimlers, both designed by Ernst Lehmann, who come to Métallurgique from there in 1903. These cars, with pressed-steel chassis, live rear axle, shaft drive, high-tension ignition, and the option of dynamo-powered electric lighting, were to establish the company as one of the finest makers of sporting cars in Europe. Production was targeted for export, and most sales were in Britain. In 1906, there came the 4-cylinder inlet over exhaust , with a claimed output of at 1400 rpm, enabling the car to reach . The cars got a distinctive V front radiator in 1907.