Baja (Austrian car brand)

N. from Jakabffy GmbH
legal form	Company with limited liability
founding	1920
resolution	1925
Seat	Vienna , Austria
management	Max Bartsch; N. from Jakabffy;
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Baja was a car brand from Austria .

Company history

The company N. von Jakabffy GmbH started with the production of automobiles in 1920. The brand name was Baja . The designer was Max Bartsch. 1921 initially took Ing. Max Bartsch & Frank man and later in the Baja Cyclecar Co. production. From 1922 onwards, sales and exports were carried out by Baja Cyclecar Vertriebs GmbH . In 1924, Fischamender Werke AG took over production. All companies were based in Vienna . Production ended in 1925. Baja stood for Ba rtsch & Ja kabffy. In advertising, the term Baja has been interpreted as cheaper than anyone else .

vehicles

The vehicles were cycle cars . Initially, an air-cooled single-cylinder engine from Hiero with a displacement of 460 cm³ and an output of 3.5 hp provided the drive. From February 1922 a water-cooled single - cylinder engine with a displacement of 602 cm³ was used. A two-cylinder engine with a displacement of 790 cm³ was also offered. The engine was mounted in the rear and drove the right rear wheel via a chain. The transmission had three gears. A special feature was the lack of a chassis . The plywood body offered space for one or two people. The empty weight was 250 kg.

Sports activities

The vehicles were also used in car races such as the Riederberg race on July 14, 1920, and achieved a class victory. Other sources give the date July 4, 1920 for the race.

On August 12, 1923, a vehicle took part in the IV. Filius-Fahrt in memory of the deceased co-founder of the "Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung", Adolf Schmal-Filius .

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
Hans Seper , Helmut Krackowizer , Alois Brusatti : Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today. Welsermühl, Wels 1984, ISBN 3-85339-177-X .
Hans Seper, Martin Pfundner, Hans Peter Lenz : Austrian automobile history. Eurotax, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-905566-01-X .

Web links

Commons : Baja - collection of images, videos and audio files

GTÜ Society for Technical Supervision (accessed on January 27, 2013)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.
^ ^A ^b ^c Seper, Pfundner, Lenz: Austrian automobile history.

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .

[Beaulieu-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.

[Österreichische_Kraftfahrzeuge-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.

[Österreichische_Automobilgeschichte-4] A ^b ^c Seper, Pfundner, Lenz: Austrian automobile history.