Minerva (automobile) The Minerva was a prominent Belgian luxury automobile manufactured from one thousand nine hundred two until 1938. The company became defunct in 1956. Contents In 1883, a youthfull Dutchman, Sylvain de Jong (1868–1928) lodged in Antwerp, Belgium. Bicycles and motorcycles Edit Minerva began out manufacturing standard safety bicycles in 1897, before in one thousand nine hundred expanding into…