Laurin & Klement was founded in 1895 by Václav Laurin (1865–1930), a mechanic, and Václav Klement (1868–1938), a bookseller. They started a small workshop in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The company moved to larger premises in 1898 and began building cars in 1905. That year two prototypes of a light car, the Voiturette A, were shown in Vienna. Its 1,005 cc two-cylinder V…