Hanomag 2/10 PS
Hanomag 2/10 PS (1925 )
The Hanomag 2/10 PS is a small car of the Hanover-based company Hanomag.
Description
It was the first German small car that was built on the assembly line in 1925. This revolutionary, but also often ridiculed because of its shape car had the nickname " Kommissbrot ". His transversely in front of the rear axle built single-cylinder four -stroke engine with 502 cc displacement (after tax formula: 499 cm ³) and 10 hp (7.35 kW) driving through a three speed gearbox with splitter circuit and a chain on the right rear. The vibrations of the engine resulted in the idling to a unpleasant bouncing motion. The front wheels were suspended on two superimposed transverse leaf springs, rear live axle hung on trailing arms with coil springs without shock absorbers.
With a fuel consumption of 4.0 liters per 100 kilometers, it was the most economical large-scale production car that was produced between the two World Wars. That was because he was the only large-scale car with a small single cylinder engine at this time.
The two-seater car weighed only 370 kg and reached a top speed of 60 km / h He had only one headlight ( only from 1931 wrote an amendment two headlights in Germany ) and the usual fenders and running boards were missing, to make room for the passengers, whereby the Hanomag 2/10 PS to the first known car in the world with pontoon been. For reasons of stability, the right-hand drive Kommissbrot had only one door on the left. The available as a sedan, convertible and Landaulet car cost depending on the version just under 2,000 to 2,500 Reichsmarks. Until 1928 15.775 units were produced. Although the vehicle constituted a usable solution to the small car problem conceptually, achieved the more expensive "real" small cars like the Dixi, or Opel Treefrog greater sales success.
Sayings: One kilo of sheet metal, a jar paint, and ready is the Hanomag!
Specifications
- L2 = 2- seater sedan
- R2 = 2 - seater roadster
- Cb2 = 2 - seater convertible
- Ld2 = 2 seater Landaulet