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