{{Distinguish|Standard E-1}} {{short description|Motorized freight tricycle}}
{{Infobox automobile | name = Gutbrod Standard E1 | image = 1938 Tempo E400.JPG | caption = Identical 1938 Tempo E 400 by Tempowerk Vidal & Sohn | manufacturer = Gutbrod, Standard Werkzeugfabrik, Germany | aka = Einheits-Dreirad-Lieferwagen | production = | model_years = 1939 - 1945<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard-gutbrod.de/Typen_-_Kompass/Mehrspurfahrzeuge/mehrspurfahrzeuge.html|title=Mehrspurfahrzeuge|website=www.standard-gutbrod.de}}</ref> | assembly = | designer = | class = | body_style = pickup truck, | layout = FF layout | platform = three-wheeler freight car | related = | engine = two-stroke engine 400 CC | transmission = 3-speed gearbox | propulsion = | wheelbase = {{convert|NNNN|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|NNNN|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|NNNN|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|NNNN|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|NNNN|-|NNNN|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | predecessor =Standard P503 | successor = Standard Heck P504 | sp = de }} The '''Standard E1''' was a motorized freight tricycle, produced from 1939 to 1945 by the Standard vehicle factory of Wilhelm Gutbrod, Germany.<ref name="auto"/> It was an identical construction of the Tempo E 400 by Tempowerk Vidal & Sohn, built from 1938 to 1948, the design was taken as Hitler's "Standard Three-wheeler Delivery Van" (Einheits-Dreirad-Lieferwagen). It had a simple chain drive from gearbox and engine to the front wheel below.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zvab.com/Ersatzteil-Katalog-Standard-Einheits-Dreirad-Lieferwagen-Typ-1-Gutbrod/2741147891/bd|title=Ersatzteil-Katalog für Standard. Einheits-Dreirad-Lieferwagen Typ E 1 von Gutbrod, Standard-Fahrzeugfabrik Wilhelm | Celler Versandantiquariat|date=October 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006110945/https://www.zvab.com/Ersatzteil-Katalog-Standard-Einheits-Dreirad-Lieferwagen-Typ-1-Gutbrod/2741147891/bd|archive-date=2020-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tempodienstforum.forumieren.de/t974-neu-hier-und-hoffe-mit-standard-e1-auch-richtig|title=Neu hier und hoffe mit Standard E1 auch richtig|date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204090117/http://tempodienstforum.forumieren.de/t974-neu-hier-und-hoffe-mit-standard-e1-auch-richtig|archive-date=2019-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://auta5p.eu/lang/ger/katalog/auto.php?idf=Standard-Dreirad-Lieferwagen-14785|title=Standard Dreirad Lieferwagen, 1939 [Auta5P ID:14785 GER]|date=October 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015194759/https://auta5p.eu/lang/ger/katalog/auto.php?idf=Standard-Dreirad-Lieferwagen-14785|archive-date=2020-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://auta5p.eu/lang/ger/katalog/auto.php?idf=Tempo-A-400-15585|title=Tempo A 400, 1943 [Auta5P ID:15585 GER]|date=October 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015194802/https://auta5p.eu/lang/ger/katalog/auto.php?idf=Tempo-A-400-15585|archive-date=2020-10-15}}</ref> This simple construction with a lifted center of gravity was less stable when cornering.<ref name="dw"/> So far former vehicle designs by Gutbrod had the engine and gearbox located behind the rear axle as an underfloor engine.
During World War II, manufacturers were obliged by the Nazi regime dictatorship to produce weapons and accessories as well as military equipment for the war. Only a few manufacturers were allowed to continue production of civil vehicles. It was the last freight tricycle built by Gutbrod.<ref name="dw">* Christoph Bauer: [https://www.dw.com/en/three-wheeled-history-goliath-f-400/av-36994034 ''Drive it! – Three-wheeled History: The Goliath F400''], DW-TV – ''motor mobil'', 3 January 2017 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPmsXKHUgno (YouTube)]</ref> The coachbuilder Rometsch was forced to produce field kitchens, competitor Borgward produced military vehicles and least after the war the freight tricycle production was continued by its successor model.
==Further reading== * Werner Oswald: ''German Cars: 1920 - 1945'', Motorbuch Verlag, 2019, {{ISBN|3613041421}}
{{Commons category|Tempo E400}}
==References== {{reflist}}
E1 Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles Category:Vehicles introduced in 1938