Ego-Werke

The Ego-Werke in Berlin was a German company that produced cars from 1921 until 1927.

History

After the First World War, mercur Flugzeugbau GmbH urgently needed a new field of activity. For this purpose, the newly founded ego works should produce small vehicles. The first model of the 4/14 HP was a well-designed vehicle with a four-cylinder engine of its own production. The engine, with a 65 mm bore and 78 mm stroke, had a displacement of 1035 cm³. The engine produced 15 HP. The wheelbase was 2560 mm and the empty weight 700 kg. Rudolf Caracciola, one of the most successful racing drivers, achieved his first victory with a car at a small car race in the Berlin Grunewald Stadium on April 28/29, 1923, witch was the Ego small car of the 4/14 HP type.
In order to obtain more capital, the company was converted into a public limited company in 1923. Investors and founding members were Romeo Wankmüller, August Bergschmidt, Richard Geissler, Franz Josef Busch, and Karl Otto v. Haugwitz. Otto Graf was appointed Technical Director. In October 1924, the company went bankrupt. The, which had been founded shortly before, took over the plants and used Hiller as the new brand name. The only model was the 5/25 hp. However, the Hiller factories also went bankrupt in 1925. On December 10, 1925, the newly founded Ego-Autobau GmbH acquired the manufacturing rights back from the Hiller Automobile Factories. Wilhelm Hiller remained production manager and produced cars only in very small quantities in cooperation with Automechanik GmbH. Production continued until 1927, when another bankruptcy occurred. Automechanik GmbH was responsible for spare parts supply until 1931.

Technical data

4/14 hp
4/16 hp
4/20 hp
4/24 hp
5/25 hp