Eagle primus

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Primus
Production period: 1932-1936
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Limousine , cabriolet
Engines:
Petrol engines : 1.5–1.65 liters
(23.5–28 kW)
Length: 4000-4225 mm
Width: 1500-1560 mm
Height: 1600 mm
Wheelbase : 2700 mm
Empty weight : 990-1030 kg

The Adler Primus , a car with rear-wheel drive of Adlerwerke in Frankfurt am Main, came 1932 on the market. It was the sister model of the front-wheel drive Trumpf , for which the same water-cooled four - cylinder in - line engines with 1.5 and 1.65 liters displacement were used. Otto Göckeritz was responsible for the classic construction .

By 1936, 6713 Primus A (1.5 / 1.65 l) could be sold. The Primus E presented in 1937 with a 1.65 liter engine was built 990 times.

Technical specifications

Type 1.5 liters of A 1.65 liters of A. 1.65 liters of E.
Construction period 1932-1934 1933-1936 1937-1938
Superstructures L2, Cb2 L2, L4, Cb2 L2
engine 4 cyl. Row 4 bars 4 cyl. Row 4 bars 4 cyl. Row 4 bars
Valves standing (sv) standing (sv) standing (sv)
Bore × stroke 71 mm × 95 mm 74.25 mm x 95 mm 74.25 mm x 95 mm
Displacement 1504 cm 3 1645 cm 3 1645 cm 3
Horsepower) 32-33 38 38
Power kW) 23.5-24.2 28 28
consumption 10 l / 100 km 11 l / 100 km 11 l / 100 km
Top speed 90 km / h 95 km / h 100 km / h
Empty weight 990-1030 kg 990-1030 kg 1030 kg
Perm. total weight 1340-1380 kg 1350-1390 kg 1380 kg
Electrics 6 volts 6 volts 6 volts
length 4000 mm 4000 mm 4225 mm
width 1500 mm 1500 mm 1560 mm
height 1600 mm 1600 mm 1600 mm
wheelbase 2700 mm 2700 mm 2700 mm
Front / rear track 1250 mm / 1250 mm 1250 mm / 1250 mm 1250 mm / 1250 mm
Turning circle 11.8 m 11.8 m 12.0 m

source

Werner Oswald : Deutsche Autos 1920–1945 , Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 10th edition (1996), ISBN 3-87943-519-7