Excelsior works

Excelsiorwerke GmbH, factory for precision mechanics & automobile construction company
legal form	Company with limited liability
founding	1900
resolution	1922
Seat	Cologne - Nippes , Germany
Branch	Phonographs , dictation machines , automobile manufacturers

The Excelsiorwerke GmbH, Factory for Precision Mechanics & Automobile Construction Company was a German machine and automobile manufacturer that was based in Cologne-Nippes from 1900 to 1914 . There was no connection with the Excelsior bicycle works in Brandenburg (Havel) , nor with various motorcycle and automobile manufacturers in Great Britain , Belgium or Switzerland .

At first one dealt with the construction of phonographs and dictation machines . An automobile repair shop was attached. From 1910 onwards, the company also built its own automobiles , which were offered under the brand name Excelsior-Mascot .

The four-seat Phaetons and sedans had Fafnir engines . The two-cylinder model developed 8 hp (5.9 kW), while the four-cylinder models developed 14 hp (10.3 kW) or 18 hp (13.2 kW).

In 1914 production was stopped with the beginning of the First World War . Until 1920 the company had an automobile repair workshop on Niehler Kirchweg. Existing vehicles were offered until 1922.

source

• Halwart Schrader: German Cars 1886–1920 . 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (2002). ISBN 3-613-02211-7 . Page 173
• 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)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.gtue-oldtimerservice.de/automobil/marke/EXCELSIOR-MASCOT/2650/