Danger machine factory

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Maschinenfabrik G. Danger GmbH
legal form Company with limited liability
founding 1940s
Seat Säckingen , Germany
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Maschinenfabrik Danger is a former German manufacturer of automobiles .

history

The company Maschinenfabrik G. Danger GmbH in Säckingen began producing automobiles in 1947. In 1949 production was stopped. The brand name "Mada" was used for Ma schin factory Since nger.

vehicles

Autino

The first Autino model appeared in 1947. It was a tricycle with the single wheel at the rear. The single - cylinder two-stroke engine came from the ILO engine works and had a displacement of 125 cm³ and 7.5 hp . It was mounted above the front wheels. The vehicle offered space for one person and was primarily intended for the physically injured, as all operating levers were mounted on the handlebars. It was an open top vehicle.

Dragonfly 250

In 1949 the four-wheeled model Libelle 250 followed , which was also available with manual control. The single-cylinder engine from ILO with a displacement of 250 cm³ produced 6.3 hp and powered the front wheels via a three-speed gearbox. The top speed was 72 km / h. The closed body offered space for two people next to each other.

literature

  • Walter Drawer: Small Cars International. Mobile, cabin scooters and driving machines from the 40s, 50s and 60s from over 250 manufacturers from all over the world. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-01959-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 217.