U-car works
U-Wagen-Werke Ing. Umann | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1919 |
resolution | 1923 |
Seat | Vienna , Austria |
management | Umann |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
The U-Wagen-Werke Ing. Umann were a manufacturer of automobiles from Austria .
Company history
The Vienna-based company began producing automobiles in 1919 under the direction of the engineer Umann. The brand name was U-Wagen . Production ended in 1923.
vehicles
The company manufactured small cars. In two-seat prototype U 1 one came two-cylinder engine with 489 cc displacement are used. A special feature was its Soden transmission with automatic pre-selection, developed by Carl Alfred Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen , Director of ZF . The empty weight was 360 kg. In the 7/18 hp series model , a four-cylinder engine with 760 cm³ or 780 cm³ displacement provided the drive. The most common body shape was that of a two-seater roadster . In 1920 the 7/18 PS U 2 model added to the range. Its engine had a displacement of 1100 cm³. The body offered either space for two or four people.
On August 12, 1923, two vehicles took part in the IV. Filius-Fahrt in memory of the deceased co-founder of the "Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung", Adolf Schmal-Filius .
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 3 P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
- Hans Seper , Helmut Krackowizer , Alois Brusatti : Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today. Welsermühl, Wels 1984, ISBN 3-85339-177-X .
- Hans Seper, Martin Pfundner, Hans Peter Lenz : Austrian automobile history. Eurotax, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-905566-01-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
- ↑ a b c d e f Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.
- ^ A b c Seper, Pfundner, Lenz: Austrian automobile history.