# Goliath Atlas

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{{short description|German truck}}
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{{Infobox automobile
| name = Goliath Atlas
| image = File:1934GoliathAtlas.jpg
| caption = 1934 Goliath Atlas
| manufacturer = Hansa-Lloyd and Goliath-Werke Borgward & Tecklenburg
| aka = [Hansa-Lloyd](/source/Hansa-Lloyd) Atlas
| production = [Goliath Company](/source/Goliath_(company)), [Bremen](/source/Bremen), Germany
| model_years = 1932–1935
| assembly =
| designer = 
| class =
| body_style = 
| layout = [MR layout](/source/MR_layout)
| platform =
| related =
| engine = 2 cylinder [two-stroke engine](/source/two-stroke_engine) Power 14 HP
| transmission = 3-speed gear-box
| propulsion = 
| wheelbase = {{convert|90.95|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} <ref> https://www.oudemercedesbrochures.nl/DeutscheAutotypenBuch_1934de.html Page 99|date=April 2025</ref>
| length = {{convert|147.64|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| width = {{convert|57.09|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| height = {{convert|66.93|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| weight = {{convert|1|MT|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| predecessor = 1929 Goliath Express<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mBVAAAAYAAJ|title=ATZ, Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift|date=24 February 1962|publisher=Franck.|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| successor = [Goliath Rekord](/source/Goliath_Rekord)
| sp = DE
}}

The '''Goliath Atlas'''  also sold as '''Hansa-Lloyd Atlas'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebay.de/itm/FAUN-GRAF-STIFT-HANOMAG-GOLIATH-HANSA-LLOYD-OMNIBUS-A3-Typentafel-1934-10/371089859996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323080740/https://www.ebay.de/itm/FAUN-GRAF-STIFT-HANOMAG-GOLIATH-HANSA-LLOYD-OMNIBUS-A3-Typentafel-1934-10/371089859996|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-03-23|title=FAUN GRÄF & STIFT HANOMAG GOLIATH HANSA-LLOYD OMNIBUS A3 Typentafel 1934 10 {{!}} eBay|date=2019-03-23|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> is an [cab over](/source/cab_over) truck that was produced from 1932 to 1935 in [Bremen](/source/Bremen), Germany. It was not the first, but an early one ton freight trucks of the German [Goliath Company](/source/Goliath_(company)) and it got a closed driver cab. The engine had a displacement of 594 cc with a bore of 69 mm and a stroke of 80 mm. The engine produced 14 hp at 2500 revolutions per minute. Its top speed was {{convert|40|mph|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}}. The front track was 1310 mm, the rear track was 1275 mm. The wheelbase was 2310 mm. The vehicle had a turning circle of 12,000 mm. It was an improvement of the '''1929 Goliath Express''', transporting {{convert|0.8|MT|ST}} and up to {{convert|31|mph|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}}, and its predecessor '''1926 Goliath K1''', transporting {{convert|0.5|MT|ST}}, both with open cab.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fachliteraturversand.de/webshop/AUTOMOBILIA/Goliath/Borgward-Goliath-K1-Lieferwagen-Prospekt-1929::27080.html|title=Borgward Goliath K1 Lieferwagen Prospekt 1929 - Fachliteraturversand An- u. Verkauf Werkstatthandbuch Reparaturhandbuch Reparaturanleitung Betriebsanleitung Ersatzteilliste Fiat Same Deutz Fahr Ferguson Eicher VW Audi Honda IHC Mc Cormick|website=www.fachliteraturversand.de|access-date=2019-03-09|archive-date=2019-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310073546/https://www.fachliteraturversand.de/webshop/AUTOMOBILIA/Goliath/Borgward-Goliath-K1-Lieferwagen-Prospekt-1929::27080.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- The later 1950s [Goliath Express](/source/Goliath_Express) was a small [cab over](/source/cab_over) panel van, minibus, or pick-up, similar to the [Volkswagen Type 2](/source/Volkswagen_Type_2).-->

As later microcars like the [Isetta](/source/Isetta) or the [Zündapp Janus](/source/Z%C3%BCndapp_Janus), it had a front door only, to enter the cab. A fixed steering column and a door hinge on the left, required the passenger to exit first.

Original cost were: 2450 [Reichsmark](/source/Reichsmark)<!--, which would be after inflation of today {{Inflation|DE|2450|1932}}-->.

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== Competitors ==
* [Magirus](/source/Magirus) M10<ref>{{Cite web| title=Kellerkinder | url=http://www.verlagrabe.de/artikel/pdf/Hik_04_3_Kellerkinder.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018222207/http://www.verlagrabe.de/artikel/pdf/Hik_04_3_Kellerkinder.pdf | archive-date=2014-10-18}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.lanemotormuseum.org/collection/cars/item/goliath-atlas-1934 A 1934 Goliath Atlas at the Lanemuseum Nashville, TN]

Atlas
Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
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