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Lloyd LP 600 - a real little car

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Created on May 1, 1979

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Halwart Schrader

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - picture from a sales brochure

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - with mistress and doggie

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - for a trip to the water

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - for an outing among women

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Lloyd LP 400 S (1954) - a joy to behold

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - ready for the big journey

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - as Alexander

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Alexander variant

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - with open sunroof

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - with four-stroke engine

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - rear view

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - seen from diagonally behind

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - with open sunroof

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Interior

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - View into the cockpit

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Operation - Excerpt from the manual

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - front seats fold far forward for easy access to the rear

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - A look under the hood

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - spacious trunk for all sorts of odds and ends

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Rear

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Transparent drawing

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Dimensions

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Front axle

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Front suspension

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - How the front suspension works

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - A look under the hood - Operating manual

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - the four-stroke engine

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - longitudinal section through the engine

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - cross-section through the engine

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Engine in parts

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Lloyd LC 600 (1957) - the convertible limousine

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Lloyd LS 600 (1957) - even more means of transportation as a station wagon

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Lloyd LS 600 (1957) - Station wagon version during loading

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Lloyd LP 600 (1957) - Transparent drawing

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Summary

With front-wheel drive, a four-stroke engine and a pleasing four-seater body, the Lloyd LP 600 was a popular car that was built almost 80,000 times. There were good reasons for this. This text was published in 1979 as part of the "Youngtimer Collection". The Lloyd is definitely no longer a youngtimer today, but it is certainly an interesting car, as this article with numerous historical pictures and a sales brochure from back then shows.

This article contains the following chapters

Safe to drive
Not a sports car, but economical
Intermediate throttle required
Good use of space and cozy warmth
Durable and inexpensive
Technical data at a glance

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

With the 600 model, Lloyd - a brand of the Bremen-based Borgward Group - took the step from two to four-stroke engines. The Lloyd LP 600 made its debut in 1955 and was produced with hardly any changes until 1961. Its workmanship was always universally praised, less so its economical but also rather noisy engine, and the three-speed gearbox also gave rise to many complaints. Nevertheless, the 600 cc Lloyd managed to sell a considerable number of units in its seven years of life. The editors of AUTOMOBIL magazine described the LP 600 as the "biggest surprise of a test year in 1955", attesting to the car's robust and safe chassis, very good road holding and cornering stability. The wheels suspended on semi-elliptic transverse springs - a classic construction principle of various front-wheel drive designs! - had a maintenance-free steering knuckle guide (silent blocks).

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