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Simson-Supra 1911-1934 - quality, performance and a melodious double name

Name: Simson-Supra 12/60 PS 1927
Brand: Simson-Supra

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Created in 2011

Text:

Roger Gloor

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Bruno von Rotz

Balz Schreier

Ferdinand Hediger

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Bruno von Rotz

Balz Schreier

Ferdinand Hediger

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Simson Supra (1925) - at the Grossglockner Grand Prix 2012

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Simson Supra (1925) - Pre-war legends at the 2012 ADAC Eifelrennen

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Simson-Supra A (1932) - with eight-cylinder in-line engine, probably built by Continental, USA, as a conventional convertible

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Simson Supra A (1932) - real rarity - 40th Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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Summary

There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Simson-Supra, a German company that produced quality and performance. The brand was credited with racing successes and a special prestige until the Simson family was expropriated by the Nazi regime in 1934.

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In the history of the automobile, double names often developed special prestige, such as Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza, Alfa Romeo and Aston Martin, but of course also Mercedes-Benz. And Germany once had another automotive dual name that justified its attractive sound through quality and performance: Simson-Supra. The first four-cylinder models with displacements of 1460 and 2614 cm3 produced from 1911 onwards by the traditional arms manufacturer Simson & Co. in Suhl, Thuringia, were simply called Auto Simson. After the First World War, they were available with 1570 to 3613 cm3, the latter with overhead valves (OHV).

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