Korvensuu

Korvensuu from 1913

Korvensuu is the name of the first car brand that was built on Finnish soil. At that time the area belonged to the Russian Empire as part of the Grand Duchy of Finland .

History of origin

Manufacturer was the technician Frans Engelbert Lindström (born November 29, 1874 in Mynämäki ; † February 21, 1918) (according to other sources Hans Lindström).

A source states that the vehicle was built in 1913, the first test drive took place on May 1, 1913 and remained a one-off. Another source writes of a small series between 1912 and 1914. The vehicle has an air-cooled two - cylinder four-stroke engine with 10  hp and a two-seater torpedo body. One vehicle has been preserved and was exhibited in the Lippaliiteri car museum in Nousiainen .

In 2008 the vehicle was exhibited in the Uusikaupunki Automobile Museum.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Korvensuu.
• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5 .

Web links

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

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring
• Articles about korvensuu (English) ( Memento of 19 July 2011 at the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Personal details on the Finnish website (Finnish, accessed on July 21, 2012)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Korvensuu.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring (accessed on July 20, 2012)