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I am curious: is the Hoffmann who built this car in any way connected to the Hoffmann Werke in Lintorf? In other words, was it a prototype built by this company
by lqet 9y ago
I am curious: is the Hoffmann who built this car in any way connected to the Hoffmann Werke in Lintorf? In other words, was it a prototype built by this company?
Wikipedia [1] lists the "Hoffmann Autokabine 250" (literally "Hoffmann Car Booth 250", which sounds exactly as ridiculous in German as in English) as the only car to ever come out of the Hoffmann-Werke. If you google the "Autokabine 250", you will find images of the 1951 Hoffmann, but it looked in fact like [2].
[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffmann-Werke_Lintorf https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffmann-Werke_Lintorf
[2] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5c/30/cb/5c30cb93f8a007e1e896930d1eb334a1.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5c/30/cb/5c30cb93f8a007e1e896...
- mhd 9y agoWell, Hoffmann is a common enough name, and this seems to be a unique product made by a Mr. Michael Hoffmann from Munich. Which makes this the second-worst pimped-out faux-motorcycle designed in Munich.
- digi_owl 9y agoIt seems to fit a bit too well to be a coincidence. The article talked about the car having a ILO engine, same as was used on the motorcycles mentioned in the Wikipedia article. All in all i do believe this was an Auto-Kabine.