North German automobile works
Norddeutsche Automobilwerke GmbH | |
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legal form | Company with limited liability |
founding | 1907 |
resolution | 1930s |
Seat | Hameln , Germany |
management | Hans Hartmann |
Number of employees | 500 (1914) |
Branch | Motor vehicle manufacturer |
The North German automotive GmbH, often abbreviated NAW, was a German automobile manufacturer based in Hameln .
history
In 1907, the company founder Hans Hartmann established the North German Automobile Works in an industrial area south of the Hameln train station . In 1908 the plant began production of the lower middle class Colibri passenger car . From 1911 the model was Sperber cause has been exported to many countries, including Russia, Baltic and Scandinavian countries, Austria, the UK and overseas to South Africa and New Zealand . In 1914 the company already had 500 employees and the annual production was around 800 vehicles.
During the First World War , production stagnated and only armaments such as trucks , but also grenades, were manufactured. In 1917 Walther von Selve took over the company and in 1919 set up the Selve Automobilwerke GmbH on its premises . However, the NAW stopped production in 1929 as a result of the Great Depression. At the beginning of the Nazi era , the plant was reactivated and continued as Deutsche Automobilwerke AG (DAWAG). The designer Robert Mederer designed a car with a new type of engine. The vehicle was supposed to cost 2300 Reichsmarks , which was too high for the Reich government. It awarded the major order for the design of a Volkswagen to the Reichsverband der Automobilindustrie (Reich Association of the Automobile Industry) , which commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to design the KdF car , which cost only 990 Reichsmarks . That put an end to the Hamelin automotive industry.
Car models
Type | Construction period | cylinder | Displacement | power | Vmax |
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Colibri 3.5 hp | 1908-1909 | 2 row | 436 cc | 5 HP (3.7 kW) | 50 km / h |
Colibri 8 hp | 1909-1910 | 2 row | 860 cc | 8 HP (5.9 kW) | 50 km / h |
Colibri 6/15 hp | 1911-1912 | 4 row | 1592 cm³ | 16 hp (11.8 kW) | 60 km / h |
Sparrowhawk E4 5/15 hp | 1913-1919 | 4 row | 1330 cc | 17 hp (12.5 kW) | 60 km / h |
Sparrowhawk F4 6/20 HP | 1913-1919 | 4 row | 1545 cc | 20 hp (14.7 kW) | 70 km / h |
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Individual evidence
literature
- Halwart Schrader : Deutsche Autos 1885-1920 , Volume 1, 1st edition, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (2002), ISBN 3-613-02211-7