Tourist automobile works

Tourist Automobil-Werke GmbH (1907–1911) Berlin automobile factory Torpedo Georg Beck & Co. (1911–1920)
legal form	Company with limited liability
founding	1907
resolution	1920
Seat	Berlin - Tempelhof , Germany
management	Count v. Alten (managing director) K. Hübscher (Technical Manager)
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

The Tourist Automobile GmbH , later Berlin Motor Torpedo Factory Georg Beck & Co. was a German manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Berlin-Tempelhof started producing automobiles in 1907. The brand name was Tourist . Count v. Alten was the managing director, engineer K. Hübscher was responsible for the technical management. A sales office was located at Speicherstrasse 89 in Berlin . The name was changed in 1911, and production ended in 1920.

vehicles

The company made tricycles with the single wheel in the front. The engine was mounted behind the front wheel. There was a choice of an air-cooled V2 engine in the 6/7 PS model and a four-cylinder engine in the 5/10 PS model . In contrast to similarly designed vehicles, the engine was completely within the body. The advertisement read: The most perfectly formed three-wheeled car of the present. The chassis was made of pressed steel . The open bodies offered space for two, three or four people. Landaulets and delivery vans were also on offer .

In 1919 the 5/20 PS model followed with a closed body.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English).
• Ulrich Kubisch : German car brands from A – Z. VF Verlagsgesellschaft, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-926917-09-1 .

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring

Individual evidence

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 , pp. 355–358.