Gnome (gick)

Gnom was a German car brand.

description

Manufacturer was JFG engineering office vehicle and device construction CM Gick or FG. Engineering office vehicle and device construction Gick from Berlin . The construction time was from 1949 to 1950.

There were two models: the first gnome was a tricycle with the single wheel in the front. A single - cylinder two-stroke engine from ILO-Motorenwerke with a displacement of 123 cm³ provided the drive . The drive was on the right rear wheel. The new price was 1490 DM . The vehicle had a wheelbase of 120 cm and a track width of 90 cm . It was 22 cm long, 100 cm wide and 100 cm high. It weighed 290 kg. The maximum speed was given as 55 to 60 km / h.

The second model, the Gnom 4 , was four-wheeled. Its engine had an output of 7 hp (5.1 kW).

A total of four vehicles were built.

literature

Ulrich Kubisch : German car brands from A – Z. VF Verlagsgesellschaft, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-926917-09-1 .
Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .

Web link

Gnom at the GTÜ classic car service

Individual evidence

↑ ^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 .
↑ Michael Wolff Metternich : 100 years on 3 wheels. German three-lane vehicles through the ages. Neue Kunst Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-929956-00-4 , pp. 155–156.

[DVD-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 .

[100_Jahre_auf_3_Rädern-2] Michael Wolff Metternich : 100 years on 3 wheels. German three-lane vehicles through the ages. Neue Kunst Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-929956-00-4 , pp. 155–156.