Gloria automobile factory

Gloria automobile factory
legal form
founding	1937
resolution	1938
Seat	Atzgersdorf , Austria
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

The Gloria Automobilfabrik was a manufacturer of automobiles from Austria .

Company history

The engineer Hans Pitzek, who previously worked at Delta Gnom , developed a small car in the Avis aircraft and car factory from 1930 . A first prototype called Gloriette was presented in 1932. In 1935 Pitzek founded Gloriette-Werke in Brunn am Gebirge and started production. In the summer of 1936, however, production had to be stopped again due to financial problems.

In April 1937 the piano manufacturer Edmund Luner sen. the holdings of the Gloriette-Werke were taken over. Development and production were relocated to Atzgersdorf and the brand name was changed from Gloriette to Gloria .

At the beginning of 1938 the further developed small car came onto the market. Shortly before, the highest number of points had been achieved in two competition drives. Due to the changed political conditions after the annexation of Austria to the German Reich , production had to be stopped again after a short time and only a few copies produced.

vehicles

Prototype Gloriette

The prototype was equipped with a water-cooled two - cylinder four-stroke engine made in -house. The engine developed 18 hp from a displacement of 800 cm³ . The chassis consisted of a central tubular frame. The driven rear axle managed without a differential . The open body offered space for two people.

Production models Gloria

The 4/20 PS model now had a water-cooled four - cylinder four- stroke engine with OHC valve control . A 58 mm bore and 75 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 795 cm³. The engine output was 20 hp. The three-speed transmission was placed on the rear axle in the transaxle style . Now a differential was also mounted. On offer were an open two-seater with a hood, a two-door sedan , a four-seater convertible and a platform car with a 600 kg payload . Flatbed and box vans were also available on request. The prices were between 3600 and 4400 Austrian Schillings , the equivalent of around 1900 to 2100 Reichsmarks .

literature

• Michael Graf Wolff von Metternich: Gloria without shine. in: Motor Klassik . Edition 8/1993. United Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 1993
• 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 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• Hans Seper , Helmut Krackowizer , Alois Brusatti : Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today. Welsermühl, Wels 1984, ISBN 3-85339-177-X .
• Gregor Gatscher-Riedl: The Groriette from Brunn am Gebirge , 2016 in local history supplements to the official journal of the BH Mödling issue 1/2016
• "Gloria", the Austrian small car. In:  Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung , February 1, 1938, p. 25 (online at ANNO ).

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (with partially incorrect data - photo shows the Gloriette prototype)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ↑ Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Gloria without shine. in: Motor Klassik . Edition 8/1993.
5. ↑ Gloriette production discontinued. In:  The morning. Wiener Montagblatt , August 10, 1936, p. 12 (online at ANNO ).
6. ↑ ^{a b} Austria's newest small car prevails .. In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , February 17, 1938, p. 15 (online at ANNO ).