Goliath (company)

{{Short description|German car manufacturer}} {{Multiple issues|{{more citations needed|date=March 2021}} {{one source|date=March 2021}}}} {{Infobox company |name = Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co. |logo = goliathcarlogo.jpg |logo_size = 100px |type = Automobile Manufacturing |founder = Carl F. W. Borgward<br/>Wilhelm Tecklenborg |defunct = 1961 |fate = |area_served = |key_people = |industry = Automotive |genre = |products = Vehicles<br />Automotive parts |services = |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |assets = |equity = |owner = |num_employees = |parent = Borgward |divisions = |subsid = |footnotes = |foundation = 1928 |location_city = Bremen |location_country = Germany |market cap = |title = |homepage = }} '''Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co.''' was a German car manufacturer started by Carl F. W. Borgward and Wilhelm Tecklenborg in 1928, and was part of the Borgward group. Goliath was based in Bremen and specialized in three-wheeler cars and trucks and medium-sized cars. Their vehicles were sold under the Goliath brand.

==Early history== [[Image:1934GoliathAtlas.jpg|thumb|Goliath Atlas (1934)]] The first models were three-wheeler trucks derived from the motorcycle based ''Blitzkarren'', ''Goliath Rapid'', and ''Standard'' previously built by Borgward.

In 1926 appeared the Goliath K1 four-wheeler freight truck with open cab, followed by the 1929 Goliath Express, and with closed driver cab the 1932 Goliath Atlas, also sold as Hansa-Lloyd Atlas.

The first passenger car was the ''Goliath Pionier'' in 1931, which still had three wheels and a one-cylinder engine. Until 1934, 4,000 of these small cars were produced in various types of body.

In 1933, ''Goliath F200 and F400'' three-wheeler trucks derived were derived from ''Goliath Pionier''. The ''Pionier'' was redesigned to its successor marketed under the brand Hansa as models 400 and 500 four-wheel passenger car with a sheet metal body. In 1938, also changed to a sheet metal body were the FW200 and FW400 as successor of the F200 and F400.

==After World War II==

===Personal car models=== thumb|Goliath GP700 2-door saloon [[File:Goliath 1100 (2007-09-08).jpg|thumb|Goliath 1100 2-door saloon]] These were front-wheel-drive two-door sedans, station wagons and coupes.

* Goliath GP700 (1950–1957) — inline-two-cylinder, two-stroke, water-cooled, transverse engine (anticipating the Mini and many recent cars). In 1952 Goliath introduced Bosch direct fuel injection, around the same time as the Gutbrod Superior 600; they were the first two cars to use this technology. * Goliath GP900 (1955–1957) — inline-two-cylinder, two-stroke, water-cooled, transverse engine, available Bosch direct fuel injection. * Goliath 1100 (1957–1958) — four-cylinder opposed four-stroke water-cooled engine. Renamed "Hansa 1100" to shake the three-wheeled minitruck image. * Goliath Empress (1953–1961)

===Light trucks=== [[Image:Goliath-Dreirad Pritsche.jpg|thumb|Goliath Goli three-wheeler pickup]] thumb|1956 Goliath Express thumb|Goliath Jagdwagen * Goliath F400 three-wheeler (1933–1937) * Goliath FW400 three-wheeler (1938–1939) * Goliath GD750 three-wheeler (1949–1955) * Goliath Goli three-wheeler (1955–1961) * Goliath GV800 (1951–1953) * Goliath Express (1953–1961).<ref name=Glon>[https://ranwhenparked.net/2010/06/20/goliath-express-1100/ Ronan Glon, 20 June 2010, Goliath Express 1100, ranwhenparked.net] Retrieved 23 June 2016</ref> A front engined, front wheel drive design offered in pickup, panel van and windowed van bodystyles.<ref name=Glon/> Available with the 688cc engine from the GP700, the 886cc unit from the GP900 and, from 1957, with a new 1093cc engine.<ref name=Glon/>

==The end== From 1958, the Goliath 1100 models were sold under the brand '''Hansa'''; the Borgward group wanted to downplay the two-stroke engine and three-wheeler image.

Three years later, in 1961, the Borgward group collapsed.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Goliath vehicles}} * [http://www.borgward-ig.de/ Borgward-IG] * [http://www.goliath-veteranen-club.de/ Goliath Veteranen Club] * [http://goliath-carworld.com/ Goliath Carworld] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119043121/http://www.goliath-carworld.com/ |date=2014-11-19 }} * [http://www.3wheelers.com/goliath Goliath on 3-wheelers.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070729163857/http://www.3wheelermodels.com/ Goliath Scale Models]

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