Steyr 100

The Steyr 100 is a passenger car of the middle class, the Steyr-Daimler -Puch AG from 1934 produced. The temperate streamlined body was constructed by the Director Karl Jenschke. The four-door had against each other closing doors ( the front struck the front, the rear rear), with the center post - the B-pillar - was omitted. Your body shells were glasses in Dresden.

The car had front mounted a 4- cylinder in-line engine, which powered the rear wheels via a four -speed gearbox. The front wheels were suspended on transverse leaf springs, the rear wheels have a longitudinal leaf springs. Although not very powerful, the vehicles had no problems in the management of Alpine passes, which is why they were highly appreciated not only in Austria. Franz Rehrl was the first to the Grossglockner High Alpine Road sailed on 22 September 1934, a converted Steyr 100, on the unfinished road.

By 1936, emerged in 2850 copies.

1936, the car was redesigned. He got a wider track and a larger and more powerful engine. The new model was sold as Steyr 200 and stayed until 1940 in the offer. It was built 5040 times. A special technical feature was the occasion light machine (combination of starter and alternator ).

All bodies of the Steyr 100 originated at the factory in Steyr and are made of steel except the existing wooden B -pillar of the convertibles. The company Gläser in Dresden on a Steyr -100 chassis was only a " model body " that was shown on the automotive and motorcycle exhibition in Berlin in 1933.

Specifications

• L4 = 4-door sedan
• Cb2 = 2-door convertible

Source

Oswald, Werner: German cars 1920-1945, Motorbuchverlag Stuttgart, 10th edition (1996 ), ISBN 3879435197

Itemization

• Car model
• Steyr ( company )