Adler 1900-1940 - Pioneering achievements from Germany
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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Adler, which existed from 1900 to 1940. The showpiece was the 40/50 hp model, which even found its way into the German aristocracy right up to the imperial stables. As Adler also offered smaller models with inexpensive factory bodies, the brand became one of the leading German manufacturers with a market share of around 20 percent by the outbreak of the First World War.
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Adler survived far longer as a typewriter brand than as a car manufacturer. Heinrich Kleyer was already producing typewriters in Frankfurt am Main alongside bicycles when he came up with the automobile at the end of the 19th century - around the same time as Louis Renault and, like him, using a cardan shaft instead of a chain drive. The Adler engines were sourced from De Dion in France. A highly talented designer was found in Edmund Rumpler in 1903, and the Adler models were soon characterized by pioneering achievements. The 40/50 hp model became a showpiece, which even found its way into the German aristocracy, including the imperial stables. As Adler also offered smaller models with inexpensive factory bodies , the brand became one of the leading German manufacturers with a market share of around 20 percent by the outbreak of the First World War.
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