Stoewer


Stoewer was a German automobile manufacturer before World War II whose headquarters were in Stettin.
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History

The company was founded in 1858 by Bernhard Stoewer as a precision mechanical repair shop, after the local garrison had hired him to repair a sewing machine. In the same year, production of sewing machines in Stettin began. By the time of their fiftieth anniversary in the year 1908, 75,000 sewing machines and 6,000,000 typewriters had already been produced.
In 1899, the ironworks was taken over by the sons, the Stoewer brothers, Emil and Bernhard founded the firm Gebrüder Stoewer, Fabrik für Motorfahrzeugen and started to produce automobiles. Their first automobile was the Großer Stoewer Motorwagen, with and maximum speed. Stoewer is thus one of the pioneers of automobile construction in Germany.
In March 1906, the company Stoewer announced the cessation of production of chains and pedals for bicycles in order to use the factory hall for the expansion of automobile production. With the freed-up 2000 square meters, they aimed to increase vehicle production from about 100 vehicles in 1905 to about 250 vehicles in 1906.
In late summer 1907, the company entered into a partnership with the automobile manufacturer Deutsche Motorfahrzeugfabrik GmbH. Stoewer wanted to utilize their newly expanded factory by producing the Autognom. In return, the German Motor Vehicle Factory was to take on exclusive sales of Stoewer vehicles.
In 1908 Stoewers constructed the Stoewer G4. This model was successful for them at the time – 1,070 cars were built. In 1910, Stoewer cars were also built under licence in France, by Mathis of Strasbourg. In 1916, the family-owned company was transformed into a limited company under the name of Stoewer-Werke AG, vormals Gebrüder Stoewer.
In the mid-20s a new class of cars was introduced: the D-Types included D3, D9 and D10 with four-cylinder engines, as well as D5, D6 and D12 with six cylinders. Something special was the 1921 D7 with a proprietary six-cylinder aero engine with. Of the fifty "D10" made, the only survivor was located in Melbourne, Australia in original condition; it was since brought to Germany.
In 1928 the company started to build S8 and G14 models with eight-cylinder engines.
At the beginning of the 1930s Stoewers delivered their highlights: G15 Gigant, M12 Marschall and P20 Repräsentant, each with eight-cylinder engines, with and maximum speed. The production of these cars had to be cancelled after 2,500 vehicles being produced due to worldwide economic troubles. In 1931 Stoewer constructed one of the first cars with front-wheel drive at all, the Stoewer V 5 with, maximum speed. The model named Greif Junior was built under the licence of Tatra. Its successor V8 Greif was the last car constructed by Stoewer himself; class Arkona and Sedina were the last civilian cars produced by the company.
In 1936 the Stoewer factory developed the 'uniform light off-road car' for the German army, a versatile four-wheel drive car, the Stoewer R200 initially equipped with four-wheel steering. Due to capacity-limitations, the cars also had to be produced by BMW-Factory Eisenach, as the BMW 325, and by Hanomag in Hanover as the Type 20B. Together the three manufacturers made a total of ca. 13,000 units; 2,000 examples were built by Stoewer. Stoewer's founders were pushed out in the early 1930s for being to focussed on civilian cars, and control of the company fell to a Nazi-controlled supervisory board. Stoewer AG was one of many German companies that exploited slave labour during World War II, maintaining their own camp for prisoners. After World War II, the Red Army seized the remaining production facilities, dismantled the factory and sent the equipment to the Soviet Union, and the company ceased to exist.

Passenger car models

TypeYears ProducedEngine TypeDisplacementPowerTop Speed
Stoewer Motorcycle Four Wheels1899Electric motorN/A
Stoewer electric phaeton1899Electric motorN/A
Stower Motorwagen 6½ HP1899-1902straight-2?
10 PS1901–1902straight-21527 cc
8/14 PS1902–1905straight-21527 cc
20 PS1904–1905straight-47946 cc45 PS
P4 1905–1910straight-43054 cc22 PS
P2 1906–1907straight-22281 cc16 PS
P4-1 1906–1910straight-45880 cc40 PS
P6 1906–1911straight-68822 cc60 PS
G4 1907–1911straight-41500 cc12 PS
PK4 1909–1912straight-42544 cc20 PS
C1 1909–1915straight-41546 cc18 PS
B1 1910–1912straight-41556 cc16 PS
B6 1912–1914straight-44900 cc45 PS
C2 1913–1914straight-42412 cc28 PS
C5 1915–1919straight-41546 cc15 PS
D2 1919–1920straight-41593 cc18 PS
D6 1919–1921straight-64960 cc55 PS
D7 1919–1921straight-611160 cc120 PS
D3 1920–1923straight-42120 cc24 PS
D5 1920–1923straight-63107 cc36 PS
D9 1923–1924straight-42290 cc32 PS
D12 1923–1924straight-63107 cc45 PS
D10 1924–1925straight-42580 cc50 PS
D9V 1925–1927straight-42290 cc32 PS
D12V 1925–1928straight-63386 cc55 PS
F6 1927–1928straight-41570 cc30 PS
8 Typ S 8 (8/45 PS)1928straight-81999 cc45 PS
8 Typ G 14 (14/70 PS)1928straight-83633 cc70 PS
8 Typ S 10 (10/50 PS)1928–1930straight-82464 cc50 PS
Gigant G 15 K (15/80 PS)1928–1933straight-83974 cc80 PS
Gigant G 15 (15/80 PS)1928–1933straight-83974 cc80 PS
Repräsentant P 20 (20/100 PS)1930–1933straight-84906 cc100 PS
Marschall M 12 (12/60 PS)1930–1934straight-82963 cc60 PS
V 51931–1932V41191 cc25 PS
V 5 Sport1931–1932V41191 cc30 PS
R 1401932–1933straight-41355 cc30 PS
R 1401933–1934straight-41466 cc30 PS
R 1501934–1935straight-41466 cc35 PS 90–110 km/h
Greif V81934–1937V82489 cc55 PS
R 1801935straight-41769 cc45 PS
Greif V8 Sport1935–1937V82489 cc57 PS
Greif Junior1936–1939flat-41484 cc34 PS
Sedina1937–1940straight-42406 cc55 PS
Arkona1937–1940straight-63610 cc80 PS