{{Short description|German truck}}
{{Infobox automobile | name = Goliath GV800 | image = | caption = | manufacturer = Goliath | aka = | production = Goliath Company, Bremen, Germany | model_years = June 1951 – June 1952 | assembly = | designer = | class = | body_style = Pickup truck or Panel van | layout = MR layout | platform = | related = | engine = 465 cc 16 hp, two cylinder two-stroke engine | transmission = gear-box, 3-speed manual | propulsion = | wheelbase = {{convert|2000|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|4140|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|1690|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|1750|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|830|-|1630|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | predecessor = none | successor = Goliath GV800A | sp = DE }}
The '''Goliath GV800''' was a light freight truck built in the early 1950s in Bremen, Germany. It also was available as panel van and reached up to 37 mph (60 km/h).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwDIxWU5_dQC&pg=PA1981|title=Liefer- und Lastwagen aus Bremen: Nutzfahrzeuge seit 1945 von Borgward, Hanomag und Mercedes|last=Kurze|first=Peter|date=2005|publisher=Verlag Peter Kurze|isbn=9783927485464|language=de|page=1981-1982}} </ref> It was announced in March 1951.
The starter battery and electric was 6 volts only. Due performance the 16 hp engine<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXDmAAAAMAAJ|title=Die Branntweinwirtschaft: Zeitschrift für Spiritusindustrie|date=1951|language=de}} </ref> was upgraded to 21 hp and the improved vehicle was sold as modell GV800A.
It was a four wheeler in parallel production of the three-wheeler freight carts, at this time the Goliath GD750, increasing those maximum freight load 750 kg to 800 kg.
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{{Infobox automobile | name = Goliath GV800A | image = | caption = | manufacturer = Goliath | aka = | production = Goliath Company, Bremen, Germany | model_years = July 1952 – December 1953 | assembly = | designer = | class = | body_style = Pickup truck or Panel van | layout = MR layout | platform = | related = | engine = 586 cc 21 hp, two cylinder two-stroke engine | transmission = gear-box, 4-speed manual | propulsion = | wheelbase = {{convert|2400|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|4540|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|1770|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|1750|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|885|-|1650|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | predecessor = Goliath 800 | successor = Goliath Express | sp = DE }}
The '''Goliath GV800A''' was the engine improved successor of the '''GV800''', now reaching a top speed of 47 mph (75 km/h).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goliath-veteranen-club.de/Typologie/Typenblatt-1951-GV800.htm|title=Typenblatt-GV800|website=www.goliath-veteranen-club.de}}</ref>
This version had a weak construction of the frame and that adequate reliably mirrored in Bordward's reputation. The frame was not reworked or redesigned, but the production was stopped and the produced vehicles were sold off.
The sales price per vehicle was 5425 to 6425 DM per body variation<!--, which would be after inflation of today {{Inflation|DE|5425|1951}} to {{Inflation|DE|6425|1951}}-->.
Including the predecessor, a total of 4016 vehicles were built.
== Competitors == * VW T1 Very similar looking competitors were: * Tempo Matador / Wiking * Gutbrod Atlas
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.goliath-veteranen-club.de/Existierende-Autos.htm List of remaining Goliath vehicles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223944/http://www.goliath-veteranen-club.de/Existierende-Autos.htm |date=2019-02-25 }}, retrieved February 2019
{{Borgward timeline 1945 to 1970}}
GV 800 Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Category:Vehicles introduced in 1951 Category:Minibuses Category:Vans Category:Minivans Category:Pickup trucks Category:Cab over vehicles Category:Cars introduced in 1951