Hataz small car factory

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Hataz small car factory Hans Tautenhahn

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founding 1921
resolution 1925
Reason for dissolution Takeover by Horch
Seat Zwickau , Germany
management Hans Tautenhahn
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Hataz racing car from 1922
Hataz racing car

The Hataz small car factory Hans Tautenhahn (also Automobilwerk Hans Tautenhahn ) in Zwickau manufactured small cars under the brand name Hataz from 1921 to 1925 .

history

From 1921 to 1925, Hataz built an open sports two-seater with tandem seats, which was already sold very well in the first year of production and had many sporting successes.

As drive a used four-cylinder -4/12-PS Steudel -Blockmotor. Due to the large track width compared to other cars, this vehicle in the lowest tax class had very good road holding. The engine capacity was later increased and now there were even 14 hp engines. Despite the extremely large competition for small cars, especially in Saxony, the plant increased its production capacity in 1923 in order to be able to satisfy the strong demand for the two-, three- and four-seater sports cars . In 1925, a Hataz with an 18 hp engine was even presented at the Leipzig trade fair .

In doing so, however, they took over financially, so that the plant had to stop production in 1925 and was taken over by Horch Zwickau.

Today, as so often with the numerous car manufacturers at the time, Hataz no longer has any series vehicles.

race car

Hans Tautenhahn, company owner and enthusiastic racing driver, built two Hataz racing cars in 1922 and achieved great racing successes in his class. The Hataz cars were always in the front row in their class.

The single-seater had an external gate, handbrake and forged axles. The four-cylinder Steudel (Kamenz) block engine 4/18 hp had a capacity of 972 cm³, double ignition, 60 mm bore, 92 mm stroke, 2200 rpm, bulging strips 790x90 , a permissible total weight of 700 kg and a maximum speed of 80 km / h.

At least one vehicle took part in the small car race at the Berlin AVUS in 1923.

Only one example of this rare racing car from the private ownership of Tautenhahn still exists. The second racing car was totally destroyed in a racing accident in 1926. The racing car received is ready to drive in its original condition with signs of wear. The vehicle is on private loan in the Museum for Saxon Vehicles in Chemnitz .

Race successes:

  • Three times prize Germany
  • Prize hill climb Pforzheim
  • Friedrichshafen Prize
  • Total price Reichsfahrt 1923
  • AVUS Berlin 1923

literature

  • Werner Oswald : Deutsche Autos 1920-1945 , 10th edition, Motorbuch-Verlag Stuttgart (1996), ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , p. 445
  • Gränz, Paul: Ancestors of our Cars , Berlin (1975, 1977, 1980, 1981)
  • Hofmann: The small car

Web links

Commons : Hataz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Christoph von Seherr-Thoss : The German automobile industry. Documentation from 1886 until today . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-421-02284-4 , p. 235 .