Egger-Lohner

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Advertisement Egger-Lohner C2 from 1899
Egger-Lohner C14 from 1899
Egger-Lohner C14 from 1898

Egger-Lohner was a car brand from Austria-Hungary .

Company history

Béla Egger & Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche got a job in 1893 at the electrical company "Béla Egger & Co." in Vienna, where he was promoted to head of the test room and assistant in the calculation office.

Egger-Lohner system

The United Electricity AG vorm. B. Egger & Co. and the Lohner-Werke from Vienna began producing automobiles in 1897 (engine: Egger, vehicle: Lohner).

A distinction must be made between this and the Lohner-Porsche system (vehicles with Porsche wheel hub motors).

vehicles

Type designations of the early Lohner vehicles

Gasoline automobiles

A, B and D whereas only 5 pieces were built between 1897 and 1902. A 1, B 2 and D 4 are documented by photos.

Electric automobiles

C 3 and C 5 were used for the first prototype with rear-wheel steering and a motor on the front axle. In 1898, in collaboration with Egger (where Ferdinand Porsche was employed, but not yet as a designer), a prototype with an electric motor was created, the motor was mounted on the front axle, the rear wheels were steered - this vehicle was tested on June 28, 1898, According to the literature, Porsche was present as a technician or steered the vehicle.

For the model with front-wheel steering and motor on the rear axle, the designations C 2, C 9, C 10, C 14 and C 15, as well as E 12 and E 13 were assigned, but only 4 units were built (possibly 4 units then in 1900 ?)

C 2
Egger-Lohner C2 Phaeton in the Porsche Museum

Due to the problems with the C3, this concept was discarded and the "C 2" was developed. Porsche's influence may have been greater here, but it was mainly related to the engine ("Octagon" engine, supposedly there was also here a patent dispute between Mr. Egger junior and Porsche about the actual authorship), These vehicles have the triangular Egger-Lohner emblem made of brass with the inscription "System Egger Lohner". In 1899 the Egger-Lohner C2 was shown at the International Motor Vehicle Exhibition. The following technical data for the Egger-Lohner Phaeton C 2 can be found on the advertising poster from 1899:

  • Electromotor Egger 3–5 HP, 500 tours.
  • Accum. Battery weight approx. Kg 550.
  • Travel time horizontally with one load 3–6 hours
  • Speed ​​up to 25 kilometers.
  • Braking: electrical and mechanical.
  • Weight Kg 1350 complete.

Notes: The 1899 Egger-Lohner electric car model C 2 Phaeton exhibited in the Porsche Museum was erroneously published in the press as 1898 Porsche P 1 .

C 14

My lord, available in the TMW, several pictures with a Porsche at the wheel, this vehicle was also awarded a prize in Berlin in 1899 or won the race mentioned in the press release.

C 15

closed body - "Coupe"

literature

  • Hans Seper, Helmut Krackowizer, Alois Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today. Welsermühl, Wels 1984, ISBN 3-85339-177-X .

Web links

Commons : Egger-Lohner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz74558.html
  2. ↑ cf. Lost Porsche P1 found in Austria In: rp-online.de . January 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ Sensational Porsche: "P1" sign just a fake?
  4. ↑ The original Porsche was not lost at all
  5. ↑ Karl Eder