1938 HANOMAG 1.3 Liter Limousine 2 Türen

This 1938 publicity photo shows clearly the resemblance with some other German iconic 1930s streamlined cars. Many of them were just style experiments or streamlined prototypes.

Try to get in mind:

1931-32 Zündapp prototype (Porsche Typ 12),

1933-34 NSU prototype (Porsche Typ 32),

1935-36 Volkswagen prototype V3 (Porsche Typ 60),

1936-37 Volkswagen pre-series VW 30 (Porsche Typ 60),

1937-38 KdF-Wagen pre-series VW 38 (Porsche Typ 60).

All previous cars were developed by Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951).

Another German streamlined car was the 1937-40 Adler 2.5 Liter Limousine 4 Türen Ambi-Budd.

Only the KdF-Wagen was built in large numbers. But this was an exception.

 

In the same period we see some other revolutionary streamlined cars, like the 1936-38/1938-40 Steyr Typ 50 and 55 (Austria) and in Czechoslovakia the 1933 Tatra V 570 and the 1935 Tatra Typ 90 Limousine, both designed by Hans Ledwinka (1878-1967).

 

First sketches of this unibody Hanomag 1.3 Liter were made in 1935. The designer of this revolutionary car is unknown to me. The streamlined body was an inspiration for the 1944 Volvo PV444.

9187 items were made.

After the war production could not be restarted because according to the German Wikipedia the metal presses were now in USSR controlled German territory. However there's great doubt if this claim is historical correct.

 

1298 cc.

970 kg.

Production Hanomag 1.3 Liter: Late 1938-early 1941.

 

Picture is taken from the book: Werner Oswald, Deutsche Autos 1920-1945, Eine Typengeschichte, Motorbuch Verlag, 1977.

Original photographer, place and date unknown.

 

Halfweg, Febr. 8, 2023.

 

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