Officine Turkheimer by Automobill e Velocipedi

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Società Anonima Officine Turkheimer by Automobill e Velocipedi
legal form Spa
founding 1905
resolution 1908
Seat Milan , Italy
management Max Turkheimer
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Two OTAV automobiles in Milan

The Società Anonima Officine Turkheimer per Automobill e Velocipedi was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Max Turkheimer, who had been manufacturing bicycles since 1888 , founded the company for the production of automobiles in Milan in 1905 . The brand name for the small model denominated Turkheimer and OTAV , for the large model only OTAV . In 1907 he started working with Junior . Production ended in 1908. The company also sold Turgan Foy vehicles .

vehicles

The first model was a small car that was offered under both brand names and sold well. The air-cooled single-cylinder engine had 4 hp at the beginning of the construction period and 5.5 hp at the end. The design-related maximum speed was given as 35 km / h. The power transmission to the rear axle was carried out by means of belts.

The 18/24 HP was added in 1906 . The four-cylinder engine , which consisted of two cylinder blocks, had a displacement of 2800 cm³ , double ignition, a three-speed gearbox and cardan drive .

In 2019 a vehicle from 1905 that had been preserved was offered for sale.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
  • Collective of authors: Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Brands · Models · Technology. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg, 1989

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Offer 2019 (English, accessed April 13, 2019)