Helbé [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Helbé
The Helbé was a French automobile manufactured from 1905 until 1907; it received its name, a version of "LB", from the initials of its builder, Levêcque and Bodenreider. It was an assembled light car, powered by De Dion engines of 4½, 6, and 8 hp, and used Delage components.
's former chief designer. Delage initially produced parts for Helbé, with the De Dion-Bouton engine and chassis assembled by Helbé; Delage added only the body.
The first model was the Type A, a "voiturette" which appeared in 1906. It was powered by a one-cylinder De Dion-Bouton of . Like other early carmakers, Delage participated in motor racing, entering the "Coupe de Voiturettes" held at Rambouillet in November 1906 with a racer. Seven days of regularity trials decided the entrants,