Wesnigk

Wesnigk was a German car brand.

description

Erwin Wesnigk was a graduate engineer . He manufactured motor vehicles in Berlin between 1922 and 1926 .

Wesnigk had applied for a rear-wheel steering patent in 1920 , which was granted to him in 1924. From 1922 he manufactured three-wheeled automobiles . They were small cars with a rear single wheel. Contrary to his patent, the front wheels were steered, which provided more stability. Initially, a BMW engine with 6 hp was used. Later it was a Kühne engine with 10 hp. Both were single-cylinder , four-stroke , air-cooled engines . The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheel via a three-speed gearbox. The wheelbase was 130 cm and the curb weight was 195 kg. The structure was an open two to three-seater with a hood.

There are also drawings for a convertible . The driver sits in the middle. Behind it is a bench for two people. The engine is mounted in front of the rear wheel. Specified are 215 cm wheelbase, 120 cm track width and an engine with 200 cm³ displacement .

In addition, a drawing for one exists pattern G -called luggage tricycle. The driver sits on the back of a motorcycle saddle. In front of him a steering wheel and in front of it a box for luggage.

literature

• Werner Oswald : German Cars 1920–1945. 10th edition. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , page 462.
• George Nicholas Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975 (French).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} 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. 389–391.