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Gutbrod 1950-1966 - Pioneering work in gasoline injection

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Created in 2011

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Roger Gloor

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Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM Auctions 2012

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Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM Auctions 2012

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Gutbrod Coupé (1953) - mit Einspritzung - am Automobilsalon in Genf 1953

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Gutbrod Superior (1951) - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1951 - Einspritzmotor für niedrigen Verbrauch

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Gutbrod Superior 600 (1951) - angeboten an der Versteigerung des Bruce Weiner Microcar Museums durch RM Auction am 15. und 16. Februar 2013

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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Gutbrod, which produced its first model in 1950 with the founding of Gutbrod Motorenbau GmbH. Together with Bosch, Gutbrod developed the fuel injection system, which was epoch-making and increased the performance of Gutbrod cars.

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Wilhelm Gutbrod founded the Standard motorcycle brand in Ludwigsburg in 1926. From 1933 to 1935, he also built the rear-engined Standard Superior small car designed by engineer Josef Ganz and then small delivery vans until 1954. Introduced in 1949 as the Moto-Standard and sold from 1950 as the Gutbrod Superior , the two-seater convertible coupé was more of a small car than a micro-car. It was based on a central tubular frame, had front-wheel drive, a two-cylinder two-stroke engine with 593 cm3 and offered safe driving characteristics. Gutbrod GmbH, Plochingen am Neckar, managed by son Walter, founded Gutbrod Motorenbau GmbH in Calw near Stuttgart for its production.

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