Möllenkamp-Werke AG for vehicle construction
Möllenkamp-Werke AG for vehicle construction | |
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legal form | Corporation |
founding | 1923 |
resolution | 1926 |
Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
Seat | Dusseldorf , Germany |
Branch | Motor vehicle manufacturer |
The Möllenkamp-Werke AG for vehicle was a German automobile manufacturer based in Dusseldorf was a resident. Between 1923 and 1926, medium-sized cars were built there under the name Mölkamp .
At the beginning of 1923, the Priamus automobile works in Cologne-Zollstock were taken over and continued to build the 8/24 HP and 9/30 HP models under the Priamus name for the rest of the year . Soon afterwards, the six-cylinder car , a 10/50 hp model with a vertical shaft engine , which was still developed by Priamus - the first Mölkamp - was added. Because of the high price, this high-quality car was not very well received in the market.
In order to be able to offer a cheaper model, the four-cylinder model 6/30 PS of the Italian car manufacturer Ceirano was also built under license from October 1924 .
The Mölkamp-Ceirano was too expensive and could not establish itself on the market, so that the company had to file for bankruptcy in February 1926.
Models (selection)
model | Construction period | cylinder | Displacement | power | wheelbase |
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8/24 hp | 1923 | 4 row | 2010 cm³ | 24 hp (17.6 kW) | |
9/30 hp | 1923 | 4 row | 2262 cc | 30 HP (22 kW) | |
10/50 hp | 1923-1926 | 6 row | 2500 cc | 50 HP (37 kW) | |
6/30 hp | 1924-1926 | 4 row | 1500 cc | 30 HP (22 kW) |
source
- Werner Oswald : Deutsche Autos 1920–1945 , 10th edition, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1996), ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , p. 451