Automobile factory Feodor Siegel

Automobile factory Feodor Siegel
legal form
founding	1868
resolution	1911
Reason for dissolution	liquidation
Seat	Schönebeck , Germany
management	Feodor Siegel; August Luther;
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Automobilfabrik Feodor Siegel was a German manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Schönebeck in 1868 as a machine factory, iron foundry and boiler forge. In 1906 vehicles were presented for the first time at the International Motor Show in Berlin. Series production began in 1907. The brand names were Siegel and WMW , short for Waren-Motor-Wagen . One of the co-owners was August Luther. In 1911 he applied for liquidation . The manufacturer's villa Villa Siegel was preserved.

vehicles

The first model had a V2 engine with 9 hp , later followed by the 6/12 hp and 8/20 hp models with four-cylinder engines . The Fafnir works supplied the engines. Open two- and four-seaters and delivery vans were on offer .

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 3 P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
Ulrich Kubisch : German car brands from A – Z , VF Verlagsgesellschaft, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-926917-09-1

Web links

GTÜ Society for Technical Supervision (accessed on October 18, 2012)