Aerts
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The Aerts was a Dutch
automobile
manufactured in 1899; a small number of cars are known to have been built at Dongen
, but little else seems to be known about the marque.
The manufacturer also advertised as "Neerlandia, the first Dutch car", although "Groninger" and Eysink
were earlier.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
automobile
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
manufactured in 1899; a small number of cars are known to have been built at Dongen
Dongen
Dongen is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. In the past it was home to a profitable Leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river called "Donge" , the water of which was used extensively...
, but little else seems to be known about the marque.
The manufacturer also advertised as "Neerlandia, the first Dutch car", although "Groninger" and Eysink
Eysink
The Eysink was a Dutch automobile manufactured from 1903 until 1919.The Eysink brothers from Amersfoort, who created the marque, started out manufacturing bicycles. In 1897 they built their first automobile. However, the brothers did not begin production in earnest until 1903 when they built a...
were earlier.