Enka (make of car)

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Enka was a Czechoslovakian car brand from the interwar period.

Company history

The engineer Břetislav Novotný developed the Omega prototype. The brand name Disk was used for series production, which took place at Zbrojovka Brno in 1924 . After giving up production at Československá zbrojovka, Novotný found a partner in František Kolanda and his company F. Kolanda a spol., Továrna na automobily from Prague . In 1926 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Enka , also written EnKa and ENKA . This was a derivative of the phonetic initials of Novotný and Kolanda. In 1929 production ended after about 65 copies were made. Aero took over the project and developed their first model, the Aero 10 .

vehicles

The only model was a small car. Initially, a single - cylinder two-stroke engine with 550 cm³ displacement provided the drive. Later, a water-cooled single cylinder engine with 85 mm bore , 88 mm stroke , 499 cm³ displacement and 10 HP power was used. The removable cylinder head and pistons were made of aluminum . The maximum speed was specified with 75 km / h, and the fuel consumption with 7 liters per 100 km. The price for a closed three-seater was 23,000 Czechoslovak crowns . There were also a small number of small delivery vans on the same basis.

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)
  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Encyclopedie automobilů. České a slovenské osobní automobily od roku 1815 do současnosti. Computer Press, Brno 2007, ISBN 978-80-251-1587-9 . (Czech)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.