Finlandia (car brand)

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PJ Heikkilä
legal form
founding 1923
resolution 1923
Seat Helsinki
management PJ Heikkila
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Finlandia was a Finnish car brand.

Company history

The company of the carriage and wagon maker PJ Heikkilä started producing automobiles in Helsinki in 1923 . The brand name was Finlandia . Production ended in the same year. A total of two passenger and two commercial vehicles were built.

vehicles

Built-in motors from American production provided the drive . The vehicles had a pointed radiator. The passenger cars were built as open touring cars. Participation in car races did not lead to any success. The Helsinki Fire Department deployed a vehicle or two. In the 1960s , Finlandia wagons lost track.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f 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 Prewarcar.com (English, accessed July 30, 2012)
  3. a b d Auto (Dutch, accessed July 30, 2012)