Orient Express (car brand)

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Orient express
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Introductory year 1895
Products Automobiles

Orient Express was a German car brand based in Gaggenau .

history

Prospectus from around the turn of the century
Orient Express from 1897
Orient Express from 1899

The company Bergmann's industrial works of Theodor Bergmann put 1,895 to 1,903 automobiles here, as Orient Express were marketed. 350 of the vehicles developed by the engineer Joseph Vollmer were built by 1899. The Süddeutsche Automobil-Fabrik Gaggenau took over the company's motor vehicle business in 1905.

vehicles

The first model was similar to the Benz models at the time . The single-cylinder engine with 1800 cm³ displacement with initially 3 HP , later 4 HP was arranged in the rear and propelled the rear axle via belts. The rear wheels were larger than the front. There were two-seater Phaeton, four-seater double phaeton and four-seater face-to-face body styles . This model was produced until 1903. There were also similar models with two-cylinder and four-cylinder engines .

literature

  • Michael Wessel: The Orient-Express 104 - The oldest Gaggenau automobile is returning to its roots . In: Landkreis Rastatt (Ed.): Heimatbuch 2019 . Regional culture, Ubstadt-Weiher 2019, ISBN 978-3-95505-148-8 .
  • Hans-Otto Neubauer, Michael Wessel: The automobiles of the Benz city Gaggenau . Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-926139-00-5 .
  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Orient-Express.
  • Halwart Schrader: German Cars 1885–1920. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-613-02211-7 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1156. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Web links

Commons : Orient Express  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Orient Express.
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1156. (English)
  3. ^ Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg, Landkreis Rastatt and Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg (ed.): District descriptions of the state of Baden-Württemberg - The district of Rastatt. Volume 2, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7995-1364-7 , p. 60 ff.