Aster (automobile)

The first Aster cars were made in 1922 with the luxurious 18/50, which had a 2618 cc six cylinder overhead valve engine driving the rear wheels through a four speed gearbox.

The car was listed at £850 in 1923 and about 50 were made before in 1924 the engine was enlarged to 2890 cc by increasing its bore from 69.5 to 73 mm in the 20/55 model.

The 21/60 and 24/70 were kept in production and were joined by a straight eight 3150 cc sleeve valved engine 23/70 and 17/50 six which was also available with Cozette supercharger.

The French Aster car company based in Saint-Denis Paris operated between 1900 and circa 1912.

In 1904 the Parisian newspaper Le Petit Journal stated that Aster monopolised the mass manufacture of engines in France, and had a 'universal reputation' and success shown by innumerable users.