Karl Slevogt small car construction

Karl Slevogt small car construction
legal form
founding	1930
resolution	1933
Seat	Hameln , Germany
management	Karl Slevogt
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Karl Slevogt Kleinwagenbau was a German manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Karl Slevogt worked as a designer for Cudell , Scheibler , Spyker , Laurin & Klement , Puch , Apollo and Selve . In 1928 he started his own business with the Karl Slevogt engineering office in Hameln and worked as a consultant. In 1930 he founded the automobile production company in the same city. The brand name was Slevogt . Production ended in 1933. A total of around 25 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The only model was a tricycle with the single wheel in the front. A built-in motor from Rinne provided the drive . It was a water-cooled single-cylinder - two-stroke engine with 198 cc displacement and 6 hp power. It was mounted above the front wheel and powered it. The open body offered space for two people. The wheelbase was 200 cm and the track was 117 cm. The curb weight was given as 214 kg.

On August 5, 1931, Slevogt drove eight laps with one of his vehicles on the Berlin AVUS at an average speed of 59.84 km / h and then back to Hameln at an average of 46 km / h.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• Ulrich Kubisch : German car brands from A – Z. VF Verlagsgesellschaft, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-926917-09-1 , p. 127.

Web links

• Website about Karl Slevogt and his company

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Wolff Metternich : 100 years on 3 wheels. German three-lane vehicles through the ages. Neue Kunst Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-929956-00-4 , p. 324.
2. ^ 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. 246 .