Pictures of Adler motorcars and related documents in chronological order
© Original photos and documents from the Michael Schlenger collection (unless stated otherwise)

Adler 4,5 h.p. “Motorwagen Nr. 2”, built from 1901 until 1903, contemporary advertisement

Adler 8 h.p. “Motorwagen” built in 1902 (car on the left), contemporary advertisement

Adler 8 h.p. “Motorwagen”, built in 1903

Adler 8 or 14 h.p. “Motorwagen”, advertisement from 1903

Adler advertisement from 1907

Adler 30 or 40 h.p. landaulet, built c.1907, photo taken in 1908 in Wandlitz (near Berlin)

Adler 30 or 40 h.p., built c.1907, photo taken in 1909 in Hückeswagen (Rhineland)

Adler Motorwagen, built c.1907, photo taken in Bad Driburg

Adler “Motorwagen” phaeton, c.1907

Adler “Kleinauto” 4/8 h.p., built in 1906/07, contemporary advertisement

Adler “Kleinauto” 5/8 or 4/9 h.p., built c.1907

Adler 8/15 h.p. taxi, c.1908

Adler phaeton, built starting from 1904, photo taken in 1907

Adler phaeton, type unknown, c.1912

Adler 10/20 HP phaeton, built ca. 1909-1911, picture taken in 1913

Adler 10/25 or 12/30 h.p. phaeton, ca. 1910

Adler 10/25 or 12/30 h.p., built around 1910

Adler 7/17 h.p., built from 1910 until 1912

Adler 7/17 h.p., built from 1910 until 1912, photo taken in 1913 in Berdjansk (Ukraine)

Adler K 7/17 h.p., 2-seater, built from 1910 until 1913

Adler 5/13 or 6/16 h.p., built from 1912/13 until 1914

Adler KL type 9/24 h.p., built starting in 1914, photo taken in WW1

Adler KL type 9/24 h.p., built starting in 1914, photo taken in WW1

Adler KL type 9/24 h.p., built starting in 1914, photo taken in WW1, the car with the no. 1269 belonged to the 6th German army

Adler KL type 9/24 h.p., built starting in 1914, photo taken in WW1, probably at the eastern front

Adler KL 5/13 or 6/16 h.p., built from 1912/1913 until 1914, photo taken in 1921

Adler KL type 5/13 or 5/14 h.p., photo taken in WW1

Adler KL type 5/13 or 5/14 h.p., built from 1914-20, picture taken in 1919

Adler KL type 5/13 or 5/14 h.p., built from 1912 until 1920, photo taken c.1920

Adler double phaeton, built ca. 1912-14, postwar photo taken around 1920

Adler 18/48 h.p., from the 1914 prospectus

“Adler” advertisement from 1914
“Adler” advertisement, published in: Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, 1917

Adler phaeton with v-shaped radiator, built starting from 1914, photo taken in the early 1920s

Adler phaeton with v-shaped radiator, built starting from 1914, photo taken c.1920

Adler 4-cylinder phaeton, built soon after WW1, picture taken in the early 1920s

Adler 9/24 or 10/30 h.p., built from 1921 until 1924

Adler 9/24 or 10/30 h.p. phaeton, built from 1921 until 1924

Adler 9/24 or 10/30 h.p. phaeton, built between 1921 and 1924, used as a taxi in the mid-1920s

Adler 9/24 or 10/30 h.p. phaeton, built from 1921 until 1924

Adler 6/24 or 10/30 h.p. phaeton, built from 1921 until 1924

Adler 6/24 h.p. phaeton, built in 1923/24

Adler 6/24 h.p. phaeton, built in 1923/24

Adler 6/24 h.p. phaeton, built in 1923/45

Adler 6/25 h.p. phaeton, built from 1925 until 1928

Adler 6/25 h.p. phaeton, built from 1925 until 1928, registered in Bavaria

Adler 6/25 h.p. phaeton, built from 1925 until 1928

Adler 6/25 h.p. phaeton, built from 1925 until 1928

Adler 6/25 h.p. phaeton , built from 1925 until 1928

Adler 6/25 h.p. sedan, built from 1925 until 1928

Adler 6/25 h.p. landaulet, built from 1925 until 1928

Adler 6/25 h.p., 2-seater convertible, built from 1925 until 1928

Adler advertisement from 1926

Adler 10/45 or 10/50 h.p. sedan, built in 1925/26

Adler 10/45 or 10/50 h.p., built in 1925/26; photo courtesy of Rolf Ackermann

Adler 10/45 or 10/50 h.p., built in 1925/26; photo courtesy of Rolf Ackermann

Adler “Standard 6” 2-seater convertible, built from 1928 until 1933

Adler “Standard 6 ” 2-seater convertible, picture taken in front of the “Goethehaus” in Frankfurt

Adler “Standard 6” phaeton, built from 1928 until 1934 (this car: until 1930)

Adler “Standard 6” 2-door convertible (body probably by Karmann), late 1920s

Adler “Standard 6” sedan, built from 1927-34 (this car until 1930)

Adler “Standard 6”, 6-seater sedan, built from 1928-34 (this car until 1930)

Adler Standard 6 roadster, built in 1928/29, registration: Zwickau (Saxony)

Adler “Standard 6S” sedan, built starting in 1931

Adler “Standard 6” as a taxi, built from 1927 until 1934 (this car c.1931)

Adler “Standard 8”, built from 1928-33 (this car: 1928-30), photo taken in 1932

Adler Standard 8, built from 1928-34, body design by Walter Gropius

Adler “Standard 6” and “Favorit”, photo taken around 1930

Adler “Favorit”, built from 1928-34 (this car: 1928-30), photo taken on Easter sunday 1932

Adler “Favorit”, built from 1928 until 1934 (this car: until 1930)

Adler “Favorit”, built from 1928 until 1934 (this car: 1928-30), photo taken at Easter 1932

Adler “Favorit” phaeton, built from 1928-33 (this car: 1928-30)

Adler “Favorit”, built from 1928 until 1934 (this car: 1928-30), registration: Berlin

Adler “Favorit” sedan, built from 1928-34 (this car: until 1930), photo taken in the German province of Westphalia

Adler “Favorit”, 2-door convertible (body by Karosseriewerke Weinsberg); original photo from the archives of Thomas Ulrich (Berlin)

Adler “Favorit” sedan, built from 1928 until 1934 (this car c.1932)

Adler “Favorit” sedan, built from 1928 until 1934 (this car c.1932)

Adler “Favorit”, built from 1928 until 1934 (this car c. 1932), postwar photo taken in East Germany (“GDR”)

Adler “Primus”, built from 1932 until 1936 (this car: 1932), photo taken in July 1932

Adler “Primus”, flat radiator version built in 1932

Adler “Primus”, flat radiator model from 1932, wartime photo
Adler “Primus”, flat radiator model from 1932, postwar picture taken in East Germany (former “GDR”)

Adler “Trumpf”, 2-window convertible (body by Ambi Budd), built from 1932 until 1934, photo taken in October 1936

Adler “Trumpf Junior” Cabriolimousine, body by Ambi-Budd, built from 1938 until 1939, registration Hamburg, wartime picture

Adler “Trumpf Junior”, built from 1936-41, picture taken in 1941 (with German officer)

Adler “Trumpf Junior” convertible, built from 1936 until 1941, postwar picture taken in Berlin

Adler “Trumpf Junior”, built from 1936-41, picture taken in 1954 below Castle Rechberg

Adler “Trumpf” roadster, body from an unknown manufacturer, prewar photo

Adler “Trumpf Junior Sport-Zweisitzer”, built from 1935 until 1937, photo taken during the “Polenfahrt” in 1938

Adler “Trumpf” cabriolet, 1.5 or 1.7 litre, built from 1932 until 1936, used by a German Wehrmacht officer, picture taken in winter 1940

Adler “Diplomat” sedan, built from 1934 until 1938 (this car: 1934)

Adler “Diplomat” convertible, built from 1934 until 1938 (this car: 1934)

Adler “Diplomat”, built from 1934 until 1938 (this car: 1935 or later), German army vehicle, photo taken in WW2 probably in France

Adler “Diplomat”, phaeton (special body), built from 1934 until 1938, wartime picture taken at the Russian front

Adler 2 litre, 6-window-sedan (body by Karmann), built from 1938 until 1940, preawar photo

Adler 2 litre convertible (body by Karmann), built in 1939/40, wartime picture taken in Russia

Adler 2 Litre, body by Karmann, built from 1938 until 1939, wartime picture probably taken at the Eastern front

Adler 2 litre convertible built in 1938/39, postwar photo taken in Austria

Adler 2.5 litre “Autobahn” streamlined car, built from 1937-40; German Wehrmacht officers; wartime photo

Adler 2.5 litre (“Autobahn-Adler”), built from 1937 until 1940, photo taken in 1942 in Russia with a unit of the tank group “Kleist”