Jonckheere
Sign in to saveJonckheere was a Belgian motor coach and bus manufacturer, founded in 1881 by Henri Jonckheere in Roeselare.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Jonckheere
- Company.logo
- Logo vdl jonckheere.gif
- Company.successor
- VDL Bus & Coach
- Company.foundation
- 1881
- Company.defunct
- 2010
- Company.location_city
- Roeselare
- Company.location_country
- Belgium
- Company.industry
- Automotive
- Company.products
- Buses
- Company.parent
- VDL Groep
- Company.website
- www.jonckheere.be
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.vdljonckheere.be
- Image
- De Blaa Omnibusser 4053 590E front.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jonckheere vehicles
- inception
- 1881-00-00
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Jonckheere was a Belgian motor coach and bus manufacturer, founded in 1881 by Henri Jonckheere in Roeselare.
==History== left|thumb|VDL Jonckheere 1LX119 thumb|A 1990 Scancoaches of London Jonckheere Deauville bodied [[Volvo B10M]] thumb|A Len Wright Band Services Jonckheere Monaco double-deck coach thumb|A 2002 Jonckheere Mistral bodied Volvo B12M In 1881, Henri Jonckheere began building horse-drawn carriages in the village of Beveren, near Roeselare in the province of West Flanders, Belgium. In 1902 Jonckheere build his first "luxury automobile". In those days, many largely wooden bodies with typical styling were built upon several famous chassis, such as Minerva and Rolls-Royce.