 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguva yehondo vaya vaikwanisa kukwira mabhiza avo kuti vaende kuhondo, zvakada kufanana neizvi muna 1914 Mutevedzeri waCharles Henkart akaronga kuti zviviri zvezvifambiso zvake zvevagari vemota yeMinerva Motor Works zvipfekedzwe zvombo paCockerill Works muHoboken. Motokari dzokutanga dzakanga dzakapfekwa zvombo dzaiva dzechigarire asi nokukurumidza Minerva akanga agadzira magadzirirwo akajairika. Mapepanhau eAmerica akanga achishuma kushandiswa kwemotokari yakapakata zvombo pakasvika September 1914. Vashandi vacho vakamboputirwa pfuti nepamusoro pakavhurika. Ikoku kwaizova kunoparadza kuna Lieutenant Henkart apo musi waSeptember 6, 1914 akaurawa nokupfurwa pashure pokunge motokari yake yakapfurwa yakabatwa mumusungo wechiGermany. Fekitari yeMinerva isati yatorwa panguva yokupinda kweGermany nechisimba muBelgiummotokari dzinodzikamwa dzeMinerva dzinenge makumi matatu dzakavakwa. Muna 1916 magadzirirwo emotokari yechiuto yapakuvamba akavandudzwa chose chose. Nzvimbo yakazaruka yakanga yava kuvharwa chose chose uye pfuti huru yaiva pasi pedenga rakapfigwa. Mauto eBelgium akashandisa motokari sezvikwata zvevatasvi vemabhiza vane motokari nhatu. Zvitima zvehondo zvainyanya kushandiswa pakuongorora, kutsigira moto wevarwi uye mabasa ari shure kwemitsetse yomuvengi. Pashure pokunge Hondo yokuMadokero yapinda muhondo yomumapako, dzimwe motokari dzakatumirwa kuHondo yokuMabvazuva neBelgian Expeditionary Corps muRussia. 