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Stoewer
Native name	Gebrüder Stoewer, Fabrik für Motorfahrzeugen
Industry	Manufacture of bicycles and invalid carriages; Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production; manufacture of motor vehicles; manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.; metal industry
Founded	1899; 126 years ago
Founders	Emil Stoewer; Bernhard Stoewer;
Fate	Dissolved when its factory was dismantled and equipment sent to the Soviet Union by the Red Army following World War II
Headquarters	Stettin, Germany

Stoewer was a German automobile manufacturer before World War II whose headquarters were in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland).

History

The first company was founded by the Stoewer brothers, Emil (lived 1873 – 1942) and Bernhard (1875 – 1937) in 1896 for manufacturing sewing machines in Stettin.

In 1899, the Stoewer brothers founded the firm Gebrüder Stoewer, Fabrik für Motorfahrzeugen and started to produce automobiles. Their first automobile was the Großer Stoewer Motorwagen, with 6.5 hp (4.8 kW) and 17 km/h (11 mph) maximum speed.

In 1908 Stoewers constructed the Stoewer G4. This model was successful for them at the time – 1070 cars were built. In 1910, Stoewer cars were built under licence by Mathis of Strassburg. 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 120 hp (89 kW). Of the fifty "D10" made, the only survivor was in Melbourne, Australia in original condition. It was on display at the 2014 MotorClassica. It is now in 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 60 to 120 hp (45 to 90 kW) and 130 km/h (81 mph) maximum speed.^[1] 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, class V5 25 hp (19 kW), 80 km/h (50 mph) maximum speed. The model named Greif Junior was built under the licence of Tatra.^[2] 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' (le.E.Pkw, leichter geländegängiger Einheits-PKW) for the German army, a versatile four-wheel drive car, the Stoewer R200^[2] initially (until 1940) equipped with four-wheel steering. Due to capacity-limitations, the cars also had to be produced by BMW-Factory Eisenach, as BMW 325, and by Hanomag in Hanover as the Type 20 B.^[2] Together the three manufacturers made a total of ca. 13,000 units. Stoewer was one of many German companies that exploited slave labour during World War II and had its own camp for prisoners.^[3] After World War II, the Red Army seized the remaining production facilities, dismantled the factory and sent the equipment to the Soviet Union. The company subsequently ceased to exist.

Passenger car models

Type	Construction period	Cylinder	Capacity	Power	Vmax
10 PS	1901–1902	straight-2	1.527 cc	18 PS (13,2 kW)	50 km/h (31 mph)
8/14 PS	1902–1905	straight-2	1.527 cc	14 PS (10,3 kW)	50 km/h (31 mph)
20 PS (15 kW; 20 hp)	1904–1905	straight-4	7.946 cc	45 PS (33 kW)	85 km/h (53 mph)
P4 (11/22 PS)	1905–1910	straight-4.	3.054 cc	22 PS (16,2 kW)	70 km/h (43 mph)
P2 (9/12 PS)	1906–1907	straight-2	2.281 cc	16 PS (11,8 kW)	55 km/h (34 mph)
P4-1 (24/36 PS)	1906–1910	straight-4	5.880 cc	40 PS (29 kW)	80 km/h (50 mph)
P6 (34/60 PS)	1906–1911	straight-6	8.820 cc	60 PS (44 kW)	95 km/h (59 mph)
G4 (6/12 PS)	1907–1911	straight-4	1.500 cc	12 PS (8,8 kW)	60 km/h (37 mph)
PK4 (11/20 PS)	1909–1912	straight-4	2.544 cc	20 PS (14,7 kW)	70 km/h (43 mph)
C1 (6/18 PS)	1909–1915	straight-4	1.546 cc	18 PS (13,2 kW)	70 km/h (43 mph)
B1 (6/16 PS)	1910–1912	straight-4	1.556 cc	16 PS (11,8 kW)	65 km/h (40 mph)
B6 (9/22 PS)	1912–1914	straight-4	4.900 cc	45 PS (33 kW)	95 km/h (59 mph)
C2 (10/28 PS)	1913–1914	straight-4	2.412 cc	28 PS (20,6 kW)	75 km/h (47 mph)
C5 (6/18 PS)	1915–1919	straight-4	1.546 cc	15 PS (11 kW)	70 km/h (43 mph)
D2 (6/18 PS)	1919–1920	straight-4	1.593 cc	18 PS (13,2 kW)	70 km/h (43 mph)
D6 (19/55 PS)	1919–1921	straight-6	4.960 cc	55 PS (40 kW)	100 km/h (62 mph)
D7 (42/120 PS)	1919–1921	straight-6	11.160 cc	120 PS (88 kW)	160 km/h (99 mph)
D3 (8/24 PS)	1920–1923	straight-4	2.120 cc	24 PS (17,6 kW)	70 km/h (43 mph)
D5 (12/36 PS)	1920–1923	straight-6	3.107 cc	36 PS (26,5 kW)	80 km/h (50 mph)
D9 (8/32 PS)	1923–1924	straight-4	2.290 cc	32 PS (23,5 kW)	90 km/h (56 mph)
D12 (12/45 PS)	1923–1924	straight-6	3.107 cc	45 PS (33 kW)	100 km/h (62 mph)
D10 (10/50 PS)	1924–1925	straight-4	2.580 cc	50 PS (37 kW)	120 km/h (75 mph)
D9V (9/32 PS)	1925–1927	straight-4	2.290 cc	32 PS (23,5 kW)	90 km/h (56 mph)
D12V (13/55 PS)	1925–1928	straight-6	3.386 cc	55 PS (40 kW)	100 km/h (62 mph)
F6 (6/30 PS)	1927–1928	straight-4	1.570 cc	30 PS (22 kW)	70 km/h (43 mph)
8 Typ S 8 (8/45 PS)	1928	straight-8	1.999 cc	45 PS (33 kW)	85 km/h (53 mph)
8 Typ G 14 (14/70 PS)	1928	straight-8	3.633 cc	70 PS (51 kW)	100 km/h (62 mph)
8 Typ S 10 (10/50 PS)	1928–1930	straight-8	2.464 cc	50 PS (37 kW)	90 km/h (56 mph)
Gigant G 15 K (15/80 PS)	1928–1933	straight-8	3.974 cc	80 PS (59 kW)	110 km/h (68 mph)
Gigant G 15 (15/80 PS)	1928–1933	straight-8	3.974 cc	80 PS (59 kW)	100 km/h (62 mph)
Repräsentant P 20 (20/100 PS)	1930–1933	straight-8	4.906 cc	100 PS (74 kW)	120 km/h (75 mph)
Marschall M 12 (12/60 PS)	1930–1934	straight-8	2.963 cc	60 PS (44 kW)	90 km/h (56 mph)
V 5	1931–1932	V4	1.168 cc	25 PS (18,4 kW)	80 km/h (50 mph)
V 5 Sport	1931–1932	V4	1.168 cc	30 PS (22 kW)	100 km/h (62 mph)
R 140	1932–1933	straight-4	1.355 cc	30 PS (22 kW)	85 km/h (53 mph)–105 km/h (65 mph)
R 140	1933–1934	straight-4	1.466 cc	30 PS (22 kW)	85 km/h (53 mph)–105 km/h (65 mph)
R 150	1934–1935	straight-4	1.466 cc	35 PS (25,7 kW)	90–110 km/h
Greif V8	1934–1937	V8	2.489 cc	55 PS (40 kW)	110 km/h (68 mph)
R 180	1935	straight-4	1.769 cc	45 PS (33 kW)	105 km/h (65 mph)
Greif V8 Sport	1935–1937	V8	2.489 cc	57 PS (42 kW)	120 km/h (75 mph)
Greif Junior	1936–1939	flat-4	1.484 cc	34 PS (25 kW)	100 km/h (62 mph)
Sedina	1937–1940	straight-4	2.406 cc	55 PS (40 kW)	110 km/h (68 mph)
Arkona	1937–1940	straight-6	3.610 cc	80 PS (59 kW)	120 km/h (75 mph)–140 km/h (87 mph)

References

^ Apral, K. "Stoewer 1930". www.classiccarcatalogue.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Odin, L.C. World in Motion 1939, The whole of the year's automobile production. Belvedere Publishing, 2015. ASIN: B00ZLN91ZG.
^ Pomorze Zachodnie na przełomie dwu epok, 1944-1946 Kazimierz Golczewski Wydawn. Poznańskie,page 29, 1964