Standard Superior
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Standard Superior was an automobile brand used from 1933-1935 by Standard Fahrzeugfabrik of Germany, founded by Wilhelm Gutbrod. These small cars were designed by Josef Ganz and featured rear-mounted two-stroke engines. The original prototypes were designed in 1920s, and produced by Bungartz in Munich.
After World War II, the same company made Gutbrod cars.
[edit] Relationships with Volkswagen Beetle
The original prototype had all the then novel features of the later beetle, such as the swing axles, the "boxer" motor and air cooling.
Some claim these were the inspiration for the Volkswagen Beetle.
According to the report, as a Jew, Ganz was deprived of his patent rights, which were later illegally passed to Tatra whose management had impeccable Gestapo connections. Ganz himself, after an odyssey of escaping through numerous European countries, had landed in Australia. The name Volkswagen was stolen by Hitler and Goering who saw Ganz's VW prototype at an exhibition.↑
[edit] Reference
- ↑ Was Volkswagen's creator Jewish? (a Dutch website)
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