Theis (make of car)

Theis was a German car brand.

description

Karl Theis was a graduate engineer . From 1932 to 1934 he manufactured small cars in Berlin-Charlottenburg .

Only one model was on offer. It was a tricycle with a rear single wheel. Different engines were available. Air- cooled single - cylinder two-stroke engines from Ilo with a displacement of 198 cm³ and 6.5 hp and 298 cm³ and 9 hp, as well as a water-cooled two - cylinder two- stroke engine from DKW with 396 cm³ and 12 hp. Another source indicates that vehicles with 200 cc and 400 cc displacement were presented at the IAMA in 1933 .

The cars were front-wheel drive . The wheelbase was 228 cm, the track 125 cm and the curb weight 345 kg. The structure was a streamlined coupe with two seats.

literature

Werner Oswald : German Cars 1920–1945. 10th edition, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1996, p. 459, ISBN 3-87943-519-7 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c 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. 354.
^ Hans Christoph von Seherr-Thoss : The German automobile industry. Documentation from 1886 until today . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-421-02284-4 , p. 253 .

[100_Jahre_auf_3_Rädern-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. 354.

[Die_deutsche_Automobilindustrie-2] Hans Christoph von Seherr-Thoss : The German automobile industry. Documentation from 1886 until today . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-421-02284-4 , p. 253 .