Turbo engines
Turbo-Motoren AG | |
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legal form | Corporation |
founding | 1923 |
resolution | 1924 |
Seat | Stuttgart - Gaisburg , Germany |
management | GW Müller |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
The turbo engines AG was a German automobile manufacturer.
Company history
The Swiss GW Müller, who previously ran the GW Müller & Co. automobile factory in Zurich , moved to Germany and founded the company for the production of automobiles in the Gaisburg district of Stuttgart in 1923 . Production ended in 1924.
vehicles
The vehicles were based on the models that Müller manufactured in Switzerland. For the drive ensured air-cooled five-cylinder - radial engines . In the 6/25 HP model , the engine had a displacement of 1540 cm³ , and in the 8/32 HP model, it had a displacement of 1980 cm³. The open bodies offered space for two or four people.
Races
The vehicles were also used in car races. In the sports model, the engine developed 75 hp and allowed a top speed of 140 km / h . Three vehicles started the Solitude race on the Solitude in 1924 . The driver Friedrich Eitel achieved victory in the class of automobiles up to 8 hp.
literature
- Werner Oswald : Deutsche Autos 1920–1945 , 10th edition, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1996), ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , page 461
- 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 3 P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.gtue-oldtimerservice.de/automobil/marke/TURBO/3612/
- ^ A b c Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.
- ↑ a b c d e f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .