Standard superior
| Standard vehicle construction | |
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 Standard Superior (1934)
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| Superior | |
| Production period: | 1933-1935 |
| Class : | Small car |
| Body versions : | limousine |
| Engines: |
Otto engines : 0.4–0.5 liters (8.8–11.8 kW) |
| Length: | 3300 mm |
| Width: | 1400 mm |
| Height: | 1450 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2000 mm |
| Empty weight : | 490 kg |
The Standard Superior is a small car that the motorcycle factory Standard Fahrzeugbau GmbH, founded by Wilhelm Gutbrod in Ludwigsburg in 1926 , built from 1933 to 1935 and which was called and advertised as Volkswagen even before the KdF car developed by Ferdinand Porsche , the predecessor of the VW Beetle .
technology
The small hatchback sedan had two seats and two rear-hinged doors. The body rested on a central tubular frame . All the wheels were suspended individually : the front ones on two transverse leaf springs lying one above the other, and at the rear there was a pendulum axle with a transverse leaf spring. The steering was carried out with a rack and pinion steering with center tap, that is, the two long tie rods were mounted next to each other at one end of the rack. The wagons had four disc wheels. While the 1933 model still had an almost vertical windshield, from 1934 it was inclined more backwards. The fenders and door cutouts were also made more streamlined from this year onwards and two additional side windows were installed behind the doors. The 400 model had a water-cooled two - cylinder two - stroke engine with 396 cm³ displacement (bore × stroke = 60 mm × 70 mm), which was installed transversely in front of the rear axle and developed 12 hp (8.8 kW) at 3600 rpm. There was also the 500 model with 494 cm³ (bore × stroke = 67 mm × 70 mm) and an output of 16 hp (11.8 kW) at 3600 rpm. The engine power was passed on to the narrow rear axle (track width: 950 mm), which managed without a differential gear, via a multi-disc dry clutch and a four-speed gearbox .
The 400 consumed an average of 7 liters of two-stroke mixture per 100 km and reached a top speed of 70 km / h. The corresponding values for the 500 were 8 liters of two-stroke mixture and 80 km / h.
history
When the motorcycle factory presented its first automobile, which had been designed by Josef Ganz , the global economic crisis was still noticeable. As a result, this minimalist vehicle, which was exempt from vehicle tax, was not a resounding success, especially since the sales price of 1,590 Reichsmarks (equivalent to around EUR 7,300 today ) was only slightly below the larger car.
In 1933 only 360 copies were sold, and in the two following years the sales figures were hardly higher. Production was finally stopped in 1935 without a successor being produced.
literature
- Werner Oswald : German Cars 1920-1945 . 10th edition. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , p. 358, 359 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The popular means of transport of the future is the German small car. In: Illustrated technology for everyone / Illustrated technology for everyone, combined with “Das Industrieblatt” and “Illustrierte Motor-Zeitung” Stuttgart. The big illustrated magazine of German work, technology and intelligence / illustrated technology, unites with “Das Industrieblatt” and “Technikangs vor!” Stuttgart (-) Berlin. The big illustrated magazine of German work, technology and intelligence / illustrated technology. Current weekly for technology, business and operations. Associated with: "Industrieblatt" and "Illustrierte Motorzeitung" , issue 14/1933, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ This figure was based on the template: Inflation determined, has been rounded to a full 100 EUR and compares 1933 (year of publication of the newspaper advertisement shown with the advertised price) with January 2020.