Gutbrod Superior
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 Gutbrod Superior convertible sedan
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| Superior | |
| Production period: | 1950-1954 |
| Class : | Small car |
| Body versions : | Convertible sedan , station wagon |
| Engines: |
Otto engines : 0.6–0.7 liters (15–22 kW) |
| Length: | 3560-3600 mm |
| Width: | 1490 mm |
| Height: | 1365-1485 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2000 mm |
| Empty weight : | 710-790 kg |
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The Gutbrod Superior was a small car that the van manufacturer Gutbrod built from 1950 to 1954. A total of 6,860 convertible sedans and 866 station wagons were built in just under four years.
history
In November 1949, a pilot series of the Superior 600 convertible sedan was built in Plochingen and series production began in the Calw plant in July 1950 . The standard model was offered until April 1954, while a convertible, which was also presented at the Frankfurt spring fair in 1950, met with no interest. A "Superior Sport", a nearly DM 8,000 expensive roadster with a Wendler body, of which twelve were built in 1951/52, was also not very successful. Of a four-seater sedan announced for 1954, only two prototypes were made . In April 1954, the production of Gutbrod cars had to be stopped due to financial difficulties. The Calw plant and the Plochingen plant were sold to Bauknecht .
Under the direction of Hans Scherenberg , Gutbrod and Bosch developed a mechanical gasoline direct injection system at the same time as Goliath . Both manufacturers showed their models with injection at the IAA in Frankfurt in 1951 and are considered to be the world's first supplier of mass-produced vehicles with direct fuel injection. Production of the Superior 700 E began in September 1951.
technology
Body and chassis
The pontoon body of the small saloon - convertible sedan was built on a forward bifurcated central tube frame. It had two seats and two doors that were initially hinged on the back. From 1951 the doors were hinged at the front and the carpeted trunk, which in the first version was only accessible from the inside, got a flap. In 1952 a three-door station wagon was presented. While the Karosseriewerke Weinsberg produced the bodies for the convertible sedans, the station wagon body came from the Westfalia works .
The wheels were suspended individually, at the front on double wishbones with coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers, at the rear on a pendulum axle, also with coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers. Tests with front transverse leaf springs had not led to any satisfactory result. The drum brakes on all four wheels were operated hydraulically.
engine and gears
The model 600 had a water-cooled two - cylinder two - stroke engine with 593 cm³ displacement (bore × stroke = 71 mm × 75 mm) and an output of 20-22 hp (15-16 kW) at 3250 / min. There was also the 600 Luxus model with better equipment. In 1952 the 700 Luxus followed with a 663 cm³ engine (bore × stroke = 75 mm × 75 mm) and an output of 26 hp (19 kW) at 4300 rpm. As an alternative to this carburettor engine, there was an engine with the still unusual gasoline direct injection . This engine developed 30 HP (22 kW) at the same speed. All models had a single-disc dry clutch, a non-synchronized three-speed gearbox and front-wheel drive. In 1953, the types with 700 cc engine received a gearbox with synchronized second and third gear.
The 600 consumed an average of 7.5 liters of two-stroke mixture per 100 km and reached a top speed of 100 km / h. The consumption values of the 700 Luxus were 7.5 liters two-stroke mixture for the carburettor version and 7.0 liters of petrol for the injection version, which had separate lubrication . The convertible sedans of the 700 Luxus ran a maximum of 110 km / h as a carburettor version and a maximum of 115 km / h with an injection system. The station wagons reached 100 km / h and 105 km / h respectively.
Motorsport
Motorsport contributed to the popularity of the Gutbrod Superior, in which the car was particularly successful in long-distance competitions. Among other things, two of these small series sports cars started the first ADAC 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1953 in a field of 51 mostly much more powerful cars. Both persevered and finished 26th and 27th with 37 of 44 laps and 843.6 kilometers driven in 10:34:23 and 10:35:23 hours respectively, but they proved their reliability. The average speed was 79.8 and 79.7 km / h, respectively. During the 48-hour winter drive to Oberstdorf in 1954, Wolfgang Gutbrod / Dr. Heinz Schwind achieved the second best performance in all categories with their Superior and received the ADAC silver cup and a gold medal.
Competitor
- Champion 400 , later Champion 400 H
literature
- Werner Oswald: German Cars 1945–1990 - Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche and others. Volume 4, 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-02131-5 , pp. 478-480.
- Hanns Peter Rosellen: German small cars after 1945 - loved, praised and unforgotten . Licensed edition for Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 3-89350-040-5 , pp. 296–321.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Reinhard Lintelmann: The scooters and small cars of the fifties . 3rd edition, Verlag Walter Podszun, Brilon 1995, ISBN 3-86133-136-5 , pp. 59-62.
- ↑ The pioneering act of gasoline injection ; from: Zwischengas.com, accessed January 12, 2018.
- ↑ Peter Short: Borgward type customer . Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7688-2599-3 , p. 40.
- ^ Hanns Peter Rosellen: German small cars . Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 3-89350-040-5 , pp. 296–321.
- ^ Auto- und Motorradwelt , No. 6 of March 20, 1953, Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne.
- ↑ Michael Behrndt / Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrnd: ADAC 1000 km race . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 , p. 192.
- ↑ International motorsport . Edited by ADAC and AvD, 1955.