Editing Stoewer

{{Infobox company
| hq_location_city = [[Szczecin|Stettin]]
| hq_location_country = Germany
| native_name = Gebrüder Stoewer, Fabrik für Motorfahrzeugen
| native_name_lang = de
| founded = {{start date and age|1899}}
| founders = {{ubl|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]]
}}

[[File:1939 Stoewer Logo - Flickr - nemor2.jpg|thumb|220px|Logo of Stoewer in 1939.]][[File:Stoewer Sewing Machine.JPG|thumb|Stoewer Sewing Machine from about 1912.]]
[[Image:Stoewer 1910.jpg|thumb|220px|Stoewer LT 4 1910]]
'''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 machine]]s 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&nbsp;hp (4.8&nbsp;kW) and {{cvt|17|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum speed.

[[Image:Stoewer sedina 1937-1940 2.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Stoewer Sedina 1937-1940]]

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 (cars)|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 {{cvt|120|hp|abbr=on}}. 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.

[[Image:Stoewer sedina 1937-1940.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Hood ornament depicting the [[griffin]] of [[Pomerania]].]]
[[File:Stoewer R200 special.JPG|thumb|right|World War II Stoewer R200 (light off-road car, 1940–1943)]]
[[File:Stoewer Arkona, Bj. 1940 (4) 2009-10-13.jpg|thumb|right|Stoewer Arkona Limousine, built in 1940]]
[[Image: Stoewer Motorvierrad (1899).jpg |thumb|left|220px|Stoewer Motorcycle Four Wheels 1899]]
[[Image: Stoewer elektrischer Phaeton (1899).jpg |thumb|left|220px|Stoewer electric phaeton 1899]]
[[Image: Stoewer D3 Lieferwagen (1920-1923).jpg |thumb|right|220px| Delivery vehicle based on Stoewer D3 (1920-1923)]]


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&nbsp;hp (45 to 90&nbsp;kW) and {{cvt|130|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum speed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Apral|first=K|title=Stoewer 1930|url=http://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/STOEWER%201930.html|work=www.classiccarcatalogue.com|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref> 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&nbsp;hp (19&nbsp;kW), {{cvt|80|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum speed. The model named ''Greif Junior'' was built under the licence of [[Tatra (car)|Tatra]].<ref name=B00ZLN91ZG>Odin, L.C. ''World in Motion 1939, The whole of the year's automobile production''. Belvedere Publishing, 2015. ASIN: B00ZLN91ZG.</ref> 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'', [[Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht#Leichter geländegängiger PKW|leichter geländegängiger Einheits-PKW]]) for the [[Wehrmacht|German army]], a versatile [[four-wheel drive]] car, the Stoewer R200<ref name=B00ZLN91ZG/> initially (until 1940) equipped with [[Steering#Four-wheel steering|four-wheel steering]]. Due to capacity-limitations, the cars also had to be produced by [[Automobilwerk Eisenach|BMW-Factory Eisenach]], as BMW 325, and by [[Hanomag]] in [[Hanover]] as the Type 20{{nbsp}}B.<ref name=B00ZLN91ZG/> 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.<ref>Pomorze Zachodnie na przełomie dwu epok, 1944-1946 Kazimierz Golczewski Wydawn. Poznańskie,page 29, 1964</ref>
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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Years Produced
! Engine Type
! Displacement
! Power
! Top Speed
|-
|Stoewer Motorcycle Four Wheels <ref>{{cite web|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxpgfy&seq=100 |title= Stoewer Motorcycle Four Wheels |date=1899-11-04|publisher= Dinglers polytechnisches journal Bd.314=Reihe7:Bd.14 (1899) |access-date=2025-03-18}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |1899
| rowspan="2" |[[Electric motor]]
| rowspan="2" |N/A
| rowspan="2" |{{cvt|4.5|PS|kW|1}}
|{{cvt|39|km/h|mi/h|0}}
|-
|Stoewer electric phaeton
|{{cvt|46|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer 10 PS|10 PS]]
|1901–1902
| rowspan="2" |[[Straight-twin engine|straight-2]]
| rowspan="2" |1527 cc
| {{cvt|18|PS|kW|1}}
| rowspan="2" |{{cvt|50|km/h|mi/h|0}}
|-
|8/14 PS
|1902–1905
| {{cvt|14|PS|kW|1}}
|-
| 20&nbsp;PS<!-- tax hp, please do not convert -->
|1904–1905
| rowspan="2" |[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|7946 cc
|45 PS (33&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|85|km/h|mi/h|0}}
|-
|P4 (11/22 PS)
|1905–1910
|3054 cc
|22 PS (16,2&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|70|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|P2 (9/12 PS)
|1906–1907
|[[Straight-twin engine|straight-2]]
|2281 cc
|16 PS (11,8&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|55|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|P4-1 (24/36 PS)
|1906–1910
|[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|5880 cc
|40 PS (29&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|80|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|P6 (34/60 PS)
|1906–1911
|[[Straight-six engine|straight-6]]
|8820 cc
|60 PS (44&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|95|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|G4 (6/12 PS)
|1907–1911
| rowspan="8" |[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|1500 cc
|12 PS (8,8&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|60|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|PK4 (11/20 PS)
|1909–1912
|2544 cc
|20 PS (14,7&nbsp;kW)
| rowspan="2" |{{cvt|70|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|C1 (6/18 PS)
|1909–1915
|1546 cc
|18 PS (13,2&nbsp;kW)
|-
|B1 (6/16 PS)
|1910–1912
|1556 cc
|16 PS (11,8&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|65|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|B6 (9/22 PS)
|1912–1914
|4900 cc
|45 PS (33&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|95|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|C2 (10/28 PS)
|1913–1914
|2412 cc
|28 PS (20,6&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|75|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|C5 (6/18 PS)
|1915–1919
|1546 cc
|15 PS (11&nbsp;kW)
| rowspan="2" |{{cvt|70|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|D2 (6/18 PS)
|1919–1920
|1593 cc
|18 PS (13,2&nbsp;kW)
|-
|D6 (19/55 PS)
| rowspan="2" |1919–1921
| rowspan="2" |[[Straight-six engine|straight-6]]
|4960 cc
|55 PS (40&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|100|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|D7 (42/120 PS)
|11160 cc
|120 PS (88&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|160|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|D3 (8/24 PS) <ref>{{cite web|url= https://proxy.europeana.eu/media/2021004/_oai_www_doria_fi_10024_82741/38af3ebf1428c57d88745e0fdc3bf096?disposition=inline&recordApiUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.europeana.eu%2Frecord |title= Stoewer D3 |date=1923-01-01|publisher= Aktiebolaget Nova |access-date=2025-05-12}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |1920–1923
|[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|2120 cc
|24 PS (17,6&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|70|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|D5 (12/36 PS)
|[[Straight-six engine|straight-6]]
|3107 cc
|36 PS (26,5&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|80|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|D9 (8/32 PS)
| rowspan="2" |1923–1924
|[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|2290 cc
|32 PS (23,5&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|90|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|D12 (12/45 PS) <ref>{{cite web|url= https://proxy.europeana.eu/media/2021004/_oai_www_doria_fi_10024_82741/38af3ebf1428c57d88745e0fdc3bf096?disposition=inline&recordApiUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.europeana.eu%2Frecord |title= Stoewer D12 |date=1923-01-01|publisher= Aktiebolaget Nova |access-date=2025-05-12}}</ref>
|[[Straight-six engine|straight-6]]
|3107 cc
|45 PS (33&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|100|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|D10 (10/50 PS)
|1924–1925
| rowspan="2" |[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|2580 cc
|50 PS (37&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|120|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|D9V (9/32 PS)
|1925–1927
|2290 cc
|32 PS (23,5&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|90|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|D12V (13/55 PS)
|1925–1928
|[[Straight-six engine|straight-6]]
|3386 cc
|55 PS (40&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|100|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|F6 (6/30 PS)
|1927–1928
|[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|1570 cc
|30 PS (22&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|70|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer 8|8 Typ S 8 (8/45 PS)]]
| rowspan="2" |1928
| rowspan="7" |[[Straight-eight engine|straight-8]]
|1999 cc
|45 PS (33&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|85|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer 8|8 Typ G 14 (14/70 PS)]]
|3633 cc
|70 PS (51&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|100|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer 8|8 Typ S 10 (10/50 PS)]]
|1928–1930
|2464 cc
|50 PS (37&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|90|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer Gigant|Gigant G 15 K (15/80 PS)]]
| rowspan="2" |1928–1933
| rowspan="2" |3974 cc
|80 PS (59&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|110|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer Gigant|Gigant G 15 (15/80 PS)]]
|80 PS (59&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|100|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer Repräsentant|Repräsentant P 20 (20/100 PS)]]
|1930–1933
|4906 cc
|100 PS (74&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|120|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer Marschall|Marschall M 12 (12/60 PS)]]
|1930–1934
|2963 cc
|60 PS (44&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|90|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer V 5|V 5]]
| rowspan="2" |1931–1932
| rowspan="2" |[[V4 engine|V4]]
| rowspan="2" |1968 cc
|25 PS (18,4&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|80|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer V 5|V 5 Sport]]
|30 PS (22&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|100|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer R 140|R 140]]
|1932–1933
| rowspan="3" |[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|1355 cc
|30 PS (22&nbsp;kW)
| rowspan="2" |{{cvt|85-105|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer R 140|R 140]]
|1933–1934
| rowspan="2" |1466 cc
|30 PS (22&nbsp;kW)
|-
|[[Stoewer R 150|R 150]]
|1934–1935
|35 PS (25,7&nbsp;kW)
|90–110&nbsp;km/h
|-
|[[Stoewer Greif V8|Greif V8]]
|1934–1937
|[[V8 engine|V8]]
|2489 cc
|55 PS (40&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|110|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer R 180|R 180]]
|1935
|[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|1769 cc
|45 PS (33&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|105|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer Greif V8|Greif V8 Sport]]
|1935–1937
|[[V8 engine|V8]]
|2489 cc
|57 PS (42&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|120|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer Greif Junior|Greif Junior]]
|1936–1939
|[[Flat-four engine|flat-4]]
|1484 cc
|34 PS (25&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|100|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer Sedina|Sedina]]
| rowspan="2" |1937–1940
|[[Straight-four engine|straight-4]]
|2406 cc
|55 PS (40&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|110|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|-
|[[Stoewer Arkona|Arkona]]
|[[Straight-six engine|straight-6]]
|3610 cc
|80 PS (59&nbsp;kW)
|{{cvt|120-140|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}
|}

==See also==
*[[Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht]]
*[[GAZ-69]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.stoewer-museum.de/ Stoewer Museum]
* {{PM20|FID=co/021362|TEXT=Documents and clippings about|NAME=}}

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