Lloyd Arabella

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Lloyd Arabella
Lloyd Arabella
Arabella / Arabella de Luxe
Production period: 1959-1963
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Otto engine:
0.9 liters
(28–33 kW)
Length: 3800 mm
Width: 1510 mm
Height: 1395 mm
Wheelbase : 2200 mm
Empty weight : 695 kg
Rear view
Borgward Arabella de Luxe

The Lloyd Arabella , with better equipment Borgward Arabella , was a lower middle class car that Lloyd Motorenwerke GmbH Bremen, part of the Borgward Group , built from 1959 to 1963. It was Lloyd's first (and only) car with a four-cylinder engine and was intended to take the manufacturer beyond the small car class.

Chassis and body

The Arabella was a completely new vehicle, with little in the way of reminiscent of the repeatedly improved and upgraded LP models. The engineering department developed it in just 23 months. Like the Lloyd Alexander, the Lloyd Arabella had a central tubular frame with cross members.

The front wheels were suspended on double wishbones with coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers, the rear wheels on triangular drawn swing arms with coil springs, telescopic shock absorbers and a stabilizer. In drawings from some sources, the rear suspension can be recognized as a trailing arm axle . The tubeless tires on 13-inch steel disc wheels and the braking system with four hydraulically operated drum brakes were considered progressive. The brake drums are made of light metal and have a diameter of 200 mm at the front and rear, the braking area is 656 cm². The rack and pinion steering with split tie rod required 3.36 turns of the steering wheel from lock to lock with a turning circle diameter of 9.90 meters.

In a clear all-steel body with a panoramic rear window and tail fins, which was in keeping with the taste of the time, the Arabella offered space for four people, albeit with relatively little headroom over the rear seats. With regard to passive safety, the two-spoke steering wheel with a low-lying hub, rounded door handles and a locking mechanism for the front seat backrests to prevent unwanted folding were particularly emphasized in the advertising. Headrests and seat belts weren't there yet, but there was a padded dashboard and roof edge in the interior. At that time, like the other features mentioned, this was not yet common in this vehicle class. The spare wheel was accessible from the outside under the trunk; the lock was released from the inside.

engine and gears

The original plan was to equip the Arabella with an upgraded two-cylinder engine from the Lloyd Alexander TS and its gearbox. However, this unit turned out to be unsuitable during test drives with the already finished chassis. In order to realize a four-cylinder that fit into the given space, a boxer engine was designed that was very short, partly because the radiator fan was mounted above the left cylinder bank. In contrast to the small Lloyd models, the Arabella had water cooling. The gearbox of the front-wheel drive unit typical of Lloyd with the engine in front of the front axle also had to be redesigned because the engine was now installed lengthways instead of transversely. On request, the car was available with the automatic Saxomat clutch .

Expansion of the model range

The “Arabella de Luxe” model bore the lettering “Borgward” (instead of “Lloyd”) on the bonnet and the Borgward rhombus in the radiator grille. The third version was a cheaper one with simple equipment and an engine throttled to 34 HP (25 kW), which was offered for 4,985 DM. The Arabella Coupé presented at the IAA 1959 did not go into series production; it stayed with the two exhibits.

End of production

By July 1961, a total of 45,549 “Arabella” cars had been built at Lloyd, and after the collapse of the Borgward group by 1963, another 1493, a total of 47,042 units. The fact that the Arabella did not achieve any major sales success may be due to teething problems at the start of production, which led to expensive product recalls and serious damage to the company's image. Initially, there were numerous gearbox damage, and water got into the interior when it rained. (This is why the Arabella was nicknamed "Aquabella" by the people.)

Technical specifications

Vehicle type Lloyd Arabella
(1959–1963) 		Borgward Arabella
de Luxe
(1960–1963)
engine 4-cylinder four-stroke boxer (in front of the front axle)
Displacement 897 cc
Bore × stroke 69 × 60 mm
Power at 1 / min 38 hp (28 kW) at 4800 45 hp (33 kW) at 5300
Max. Torque at 1 / min 61 Nm at 2500 65 Nm at 3500
compression 7.5: 1 9: 1
Valve control Bumpers and rocker arms, central camshaft
cooling Water cooling (pressure cooler with shunt thermostat)
transmission fully synchronized 4-speed gearbox, steering wheel shift;
Front wheel drive
Front suspension Double wishbones
Rear suspension trailed trailing arms
suspension Coil springs (rear with stabilizer)
body All-steel body with central tubular frame and cross members
Track width front / rear: 1200/1200 mm
wheelbase 2200 mm
wheel size 5.20–13 ″
Dimensions L × W × H 3800 × 1510 × 1395 mm
Empty weight (without driver) 695 kg
Top speed 120 km / h 133 km / h
Consumption per 100 km approx. 7.2 l (normal) approx. 8 l (super)
Price (Nov. 1960) 5,230.00 DM 5,740.00 DM

literature

  • Peter Michels: The History of Arabella - A Lloyd Documentation. 1st edition, Michels, Schmallenberg 1988, ISBN 3-9800735-2-1 .
  • Georg Schmidt: Borgward - Carl FW Borgward and his cars. 4th edition, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-87943-679-7 .
  • Peter Kurz: Borgward type customer. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7688-2599-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Short: Borgward type customer. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7688-2599-3 , p. 33.
  2. ↑ declutching  ( page no longer available , searching web archives )  Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 11, 2017.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www. Zwischengas.com  
  3. ↑ http://www.borgward.org/TechInfo/Arabella38/Arabella38Schmierplan.jpg
  4. ^ Motor classic. Issue 7/2008, Motor-Presse, Stuttgart, ISSN  0177-8862 .
  5. ↑ a b sales prospectus B 140 / 10-60.
  6. ↑ From the international automotive industry . In: Motor vehicle technology 11/1959, pp. 459-460.
  7. ↑ Peter Short: Borgward type customer. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7688-2599-3 , pp. 30 and 31.
  8. ^ Werner Oswald : Deutsche Autos 1945-1975 , Motorbuch-Verlag Stuttgart, 1976.
  9. ^ A b Georg Schmidt: Borgward. 4th edition, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-87943-679-7 .

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