Austrian Automobile Society

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Austrian Automobile Society
legal form
founding November 1906
resolution 1908
Reason for dissolution bankruptcy
Seat Vienna , Austria-Hungary
management Emil Jellinek
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Österreichische Automobil-Gesellschaft was a manufacturer of automobiles from Austria-Hungary .

Company history

Emil Jellinek founded the company in Vienna in November 1906 with a capital of 900,000 Austrian crowns . Production at the Oesterreichische Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft began in 1907. Ferdinand Porsche was the designer. The brand name was Maja , named "Maja" after Jellinek's youngest daughter, Andrée Jellinek, who was also the sister of Mercédès Jellinek . The distribution took place among other things through the Maja sales company GH Schoenleber & Co. in Stuttgart . In 1908 the company went bankrupt . Only a few vehicles were made.

vehicles

The only model was the 24/28 hp . A four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 5700 cm³ provided the drive . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via chains. Open touring cars with space for five people were on offer. A special feature was the so-called diamond gear , in which the gears were in constant mesh. Ultimately, this gearbox turned out to be defective and was replaced with an ordinary gearbox .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Pinczolits: Austro Daimler.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  4. ↑ Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.