Pictures of “exotic” German motorcars and related documents in alphabetical order
© Original photos and documents from the Michael Schlenger collection (unless stated otherwise)

Allreit 7 h.p., advertisement published in Braunbecks Sportlexikon in 1910

Anker advertisement, 1918 until 1920

Apollo “Piccolo” 5 h.p., built from 1904 until 1907

Apollo “Piccolo” 5 h.p., built from 1904 until 1907

Apollo “Piccolo” 7 h.p., built in 1907, photo taken in 1931

Apollo 12 h.p. advertisement published in Braunbecks Sportlexikon in 1910

Apollo advertisement from “Motor” no. 01-1914

Dessauer, advertisement from 1911/12

Dessauer advertisement from “Motor” no. 07-1913

Dux Type S 17/50 h.p., built from c.1920 until 1924 or 1926; original photo from the Raoul Rainer collection

Ego 5/25 h.p., built from 1924 until 1927

Elite sedan, type unknown, 1920s

Fafnir advertisement (pre WW1)

Falke advertisement from c.1907/08

Falke advertisement from c.1907/08

Faun 6/24 h.p. tourer, built from 1924 until 1926 (this car probably in 1926)

Freia 5/20 h.p. phaeton, built c.1925, photo taken in 1931

Fulmina advertisement from “Motor” no. 07-1913

Fulmina advertisement from “Motor” no. 01-1914

HATAZ phaeton, photo taken in 1925

KOCO 4/16 h.p., built from 1920 until 1926

Koco 2-seater, built in the early 1920s

Komnick Type 8/30 h.p., built in 1923/24; photo courtesy of Jason Palmer (Australia)

Komnick Type 8/45 h.p., built from 1925 until 1927

Laurin&Klement advertisement from 1911

Laurin & Klement, advertisement from “Motor” no. 07-1913

Ley phaeton, built c.1914

Ley T6 6/16 h.p. or T6E 6/20 h.p., photo taken in Heidelberg

Ley M8 phaeton, built from 1924 until 1927

LUC advertisement from “Motor” no. 01-1914

MAF advertisement published in Braunbecks Sportlexikon in 1910

MAF 6/14 h.p., built in 1909/10, photo postcard from 1911

MAF advertisement published in the “Motorfahrer” magazine in 1917

Maybach W5 27/120 h.p. phaeton with German President Paul von Hindenburg, photo taken in the late 1920s

Nacke advertisement published in Braunbecks Sportlexikon in 1910

NAW “Colibri”, built from 1908 until 1910

NAW “Sperber” Type C 6/15 h.p., built from 1911 unti 1912

NAW “Sperber” Type C 6/15 h.p., built from 1911 until 1912, postcard from 1912

NAW “Sperber”, advertisement for the Type C 6/15 h.p. (later 6/18 h.p.) from 1912

NAW “Sperber”, Type E 5/15 h.p. or Type F 6/20 h.p., built from 1913 until 1919, photo taken in 1921 in the Mosel valley

Oryx advertisement from “Motor” no. 07-1913

Oryx double phaeton, picture from “Motor” no. 01-1914

Oryx advertisement from “Motor” no. 01-1914

Perl “Suprema”, built from 1926 until 1929, photo taken during a race in Bavaria

Pluto 2-seater (Amilcar licence), photo taken in August 1925 in the Rhön mountains in Central Germany

Polyphon “Polymobil” Type P 10 h.p. from 1907; original picture by Verkehrsmuseum Dresden

Polyphon “Dux” advertisement published in Braunbecks Sportlexikon in 1910

Polyphon “Dux” advertisement from 1911

Polyphon “Dux” advertisement from 1914

Polyphon “Dux” 10/30 h.p.; original picture by Verkehrsmuseum Dresden

Priamus advertisement published in Braunbecks Sportlexikon in 1910

Priamus advertisement from “Motor” no. 07-1913

Simson 12/60 h.p., from “Die Motorfahrzeuge”, by P. Wolfram, 1928

Standard Superior, built from 1933 until 1935, photo taken in Berlin

Steiger 10/50 h.p. built from 1919 until 1926

Westfalia 10/26 h.p., photo taken in October 1916