Jan (car brand)

Jan was a Danish car brand.

Company history

Jan Hagemeister's company from Copenhagen started producing automobiles in 1915. In 1918 production was stopped after 50 copies were made. In 1917 Anglo-Dane , Jan and Thrige merged to form De forenede Automobilfabriker to offer trucks under the name Triangle until 1945 .

vehicles

The only model was equipped with a four-cylinder engine , a Zenith carburetor and a three-speed gearbox. There were the body styles sedan , torpedo and delivery truck. The vehicle weighed around 900 kilograms.

literature

• George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
• Michael Graf Wolff Metternich: Automobiles made in Denmark. In: Automobil- und Motorrad-Chronik , issue 11/1981, pp. 13–51.