after worldwar i, during which sylvain de jong and his engineers headed to amsterdam, where they kept on developing parts, they returned to start up the production of luxury automobiles. the constructors star rose in the united states as well, american filmstars, politicians and industrials liked them cars as well (even henry ford had before the ww already one!). the car had the same qualities as the rolls royce, but was a little cheaper. with the economical crisis in the 30's, the company went bankrupt in 1936. the remains were taken over by another belgian constructor named imperia. imperia putted the name minerva on their automobiles for export to england and france and for the trucks (which minerva had made before too).