DKW wasn’t the first car company to supply other manufacturers however their name certainly appears in the history books of many other companies. Not only did they become the worlds largest motorcycle manufacturer for a while but also their engines went into quite a few other manufacturers models. DKW was founded in 1916 by a Danish engineer based in Germany. Jorgen … [Read more...]
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EMW (Wartburg)
Everyone has heard of BMW, whether its cars or bikes, but what about EMW? There was a relationship between them and I’ll explain later in the post. The story starts in 1896 when Heinrich Ehrhardt founded the Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach (FFE) to make bicycles and weapons. There must have been similar production processes between these two products as many companies did this – … [Read more...]
Lloyd Cars (Germany)
Lloyd cars were built in Bremen, Germany in two periods – 1908-1929 and 1950-1963. They had no connection with the British car company of the same name and possibly had no connection with Wales – Lloyd being a common Welsh surname. However, the company was founded as a subsidiary of NordDeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd in English), which was founded in 1856 and named after … [Read more...]