Defunct German Car Brands (3): Lloyd

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@trevorwakefiel870 Ай бұрын

Such an interesting article Sir. Im a, ex pat when Younger english born Australian citizen never heard of the brand Loyd in Germany . MY English father who grew up and was nearly 18 when WW2 Finished , never mentioned the Loyd brand only how so reliable and good old Volkswagen beetle was the first 3 years he had, when we emigrated to Australia from UK In 1969. Lots of us who are into vehicles only know about the usual Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW & opel & ford's Germany and of course the DDR Trabi's & Wartburg Marques so I found it so interesting and well presented about the Loyd Marque and possibly other German Marques that may no longer be manufactured.

@MichailKnoller Ай бұрын

Difficult to understand - they were exported everywhere, to Australia as well, just like Goliath and Borgward. They could be seen at each corner of the street in Germany - and outwitted a beetle all day long....

@marinabrennecke5495 2 ай бұрын

First car bought by my parents.

@HJPorschen Ай бұрын

In 1957 my uncle bought a Lloyd 600 Kombi, mainly for his business as a wine merchant. (It was an 'upgrade' from his Zuendapp DB200 motorcycle with a trailer.) I liked the car - apart from the rear-hinged doors and the front wheel drive. I still hate front wheel drive, but I think that the Lloyd still looks quite good, even today.

@mossi408 2 ай бұрын

Wer steht am Berg und heult? - Ein Lloyd!

@mossi408 2 ай бұрын

Tiny mistake: the downgrouded Arabella has 34 bhp not only 25! So there where 34/38 and the deluxe 45 bhp engines available. Only for really hardcore knowledge. The Lloyp LP 250 with full equipment is named Lloyd LP 250 V. Most of these 3858 Models were "V" equiped, only a handful barebone ones were made. And the 600 models had first different rearlights and indicators, in 1957 were also a version LP 600 with the look a like or the body of the LP 400, the minor upgraded LP 600 is now named Alexander and in 1958 came the luxury version included callers as an Alexander TS. But all of 3 them were staying on the list until their bitter end in August of 1961. They were no replacement. The Arabella was on the market until 1963. The last 1493 were assambled by the manufacturer Schätzle

@jourwalis-8875 2 ай бұрын

Was it front- or rear wheel drive?

@maerchenonkel71 2 ай бұрын

All Lloyds were front wheel drive. All except the Arabella had a transversially-mounted engine.

@jourwalis-8875 2 ай бұрын

Was it West or East German?

@maerchenonkel71 2 ай бұрын

Lloyd was a brand of the Borgward group of Bremen, West Germany. However, the models 300 and 400 are very similar to the East German Trabant, which is no coincidence. Before World War II, engineers at DKW in Saxony, which was to become part of East Germany after the war, worked on a small, affordable car with front wheel drive and a transversially-mounted two-cylinder two-stroke engine. The project was delayed due to the war. A group of engineers fled East Germany, settled near Bremen, and founded the engineering company INKA. They were tasked by Borgward with constructing a small, affordable, simple car, so they developed the pre-war DKW plans to a market-ready model. Later, they became employees of the Lloyd branch of the Borgward group. Over in East Germany, the remaining engineers went back to the same plans when they were tasked to construct a small, affordable, simple car by the government and developed the Trabant.