Fox automobiles

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Fox-Automobile Aktiengesellschaft Paul Rollmann
legal form Corporation
founding 1920 or 1923
resolution 1924
Seat Cologne - Dellbrück , Germany
management
  • George Morrison
  • Paul Rollmann
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Fox Automobile Aktiengesellschaft Paul Roll man was a German manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Englishman George Morrison (* 1896; † 1976), who stayed in Germany after the First World War , founded an automobile production company together with Paul Rollmann in Cologne-Dellbrück . The year of foundation is given both as 1920 and February 1923. According to a source, the company emerged from the Dellbrücker Automobilfabrik Paul Rollmann , which was founded by Paul Rollmann in 1920 or 1922. The brand name was Fox . Two sources cite 1924 as the year production ceased. Another source only states that the company ran into trouble in 1923 as a result of inflation in Germany and that George Morrison left Germany in February 1927.

vehicles

The company produced sporty small cars that powered a four-cylinder engine with 4.98 taxable horsepower . The bodies were manufactured in Koblenz . There was a choice of a two-seater coupé , an open two-seater and a sports model with a pointed tail.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Nick Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fox Automobilwerke AG in Dellbrück . In: KuLaDig, Kultur.Landschaft.Digital. (accessed October 10, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b c d e Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  4. ↑ a b c Illustration of a share in the company In the accompanying text, the existence of the Dellbrücker Automobilfabrik Paul Rollmann is denied.