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Elite-Werke AG

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legal form Corporation
founding 1913
resolution 1929
Seat Brand-Erbisdorf , Germany
management Emile Lueders
Number of employees 600 (1916)
Branch Automobile manufacturers , engine manufacturers , defense industry

The Elite-Werke AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles from Brand-Erbisdorf , who worked from 1913 to 1929 and its vehicles under the name Elite sold.

history

Elite E 12 12/40 HP Landaulet
Team Elite Opel 500 based on the Opel Motoclub from 1931

Favorable framework conditions (interest-free loans, high unemployment figures, a large order from a Saxon company) moved Emile Lueders to relocate his machine factory Lueders KG , which was founded in Berlin in 1904 and which quickly grew to 100 workers, to Brand-Erbisdorf . Extensive construction work began immediately after the property was purchased in 1912. The production of parts for the automotive industry and marine engines was gradually relocated to the new location. With the bankruptcy of his house bank in Berlin, Lueders got into serious financial difficulties. Georg Günther, another entrepreneur from the young auto industry and founder of the Chemnitz Presto-Werke , took over the Emile Lueders machine factory together with Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen in 1913 , thus establishing the company that Lueders had started in Brand-Erbisdorf as an elite engine factory from February 1914 AG continued. The articles of association saw the construction of motor vehicles and bicycles, as well as engines, machines and equipment such. B. for the construction of motor vehicles.

After the beginning of World War I , army orders were carried out, mainly shell cases and projectiles were produced.

In 1916, when the number of workers had risen to 600, the company was renamed Elite-Werke AG .

In 1928, Opel acquired the majority of the shares and produced Opel motorcycles in the plant . In 1929, Opel withdrew from the company. That was the end of Elite-Werke AG. In total, around 3,000 passenger cars and 1,000 trucks were produced in the 16 years of existence.

Elite Works (1920)
Former administration building of Elite-Werke AG, today an elite industrial park

The elite industrial park, which houses various companies, is now located on the site.

Models

There were four-cylinder models , the model name with E began, and six-cylinder models , the model name with S began.

model construction time cylinder Cubic capacity cm³ horsepower Body structure source
E 10 10/38 hp 1913-1923 4th 2617 38 Touring car
E 12 12/40 hp 1919-1923 4th 3130 40 Touring car
E 12 12/40 hp 1924-1926 4th 3130 40 Touring car and Pullman limousine
E 15 15/50 hp 1919-1925 4th 3800 50 Touring car
E 18 18/65 PS, E 20 and E 24 1919-1921 4th 4710, 5340 and 6020
S 18 18/55 PS 1921-1923 6th 4708 55 Touring car
S 18 18/70 hp 1923-1927 6th 4708 70 Pullman limousine
S 18 sports car 18/96 hp 1925-1926 6th 4708 96
S 18 sports car 18/90 hp 1927 6th 4708 90
S 10 10/50 hp 1926 6th 2613 50 Touring car and Pullman limousine
S 12 12/55 PS 1926 6th 3130 55 Touring car
S 12 12/50 hp 1927-1928 6th 3128 50 Touring car
S 14 14/60 hp 1928 6th 3650 60 Pullman limousine
S 14 14/60 hp 1929 6th 3690 60 Pullman limousine

Existing vehicles

  • In the EFA Museum of German Automobile History in Amerang E 12 12/40 hp Landaulet is.
  • In the Museum for Saxon Vehicles in Chemnitz, there was an E 10 10/38 HP chassis in 2000.
  • A collector from Saxony owns an S 18 and a four-cylinder model.
  • A collector from Saxony owns a model S 14 14/60 PS from 1928
  • In the Virtsu car museum (Estonia) there is an E 10 10/38 HP chassis, converted to a flatbed version (probably used in the Imperial Army fleet).

See also

literature

  • Werner Oswald : German Cars 1920–1945. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-87943-519-7
  • Malte Krüger: The luxury automobile manufacture of Elite-Werke AG in Brand-Erbisdorf . In: Andreas Möller - History Prize 2006 and 2007 . Freiberg 2008, pp. 37-60

Web links

Commons : Elite Works  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the elite business park
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Werner Oswald: German cars 1920–1945. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , p. 108.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Werner Oswald: German cars 1920–1945. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , p. 109.

Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 47.5 ″  N , 13 ° 19 ′ 18.9 ″  E