Stoewer 10 PS was

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car manufactured in

Stettin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major seaport, the largest city of northwestern Poland, and se ...

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(now

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

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) by

Stoewer Stoewer was a German automobile manufacturer before World War II whose headquarters were in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland). History The first company was founded by the Stoewer brothers, Emil (lived 1873 – 1942) and Bernhard (1875 – 1937) i ...

automotive company between 1901 and 1902. It is the first car created by the company. It had a

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and 1.5-litre

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.''Jubiläumsfestschrift der A. G. Bernh: Steower Stettin: 1858–1908'', in: ''Deutsche Industrie, deutsche Kultur'', vol. 6, 1908.Gerhard Maerz. ''Die Geschichte der Stoewer-Automobile.''

Specifications

The car was a 2-door convertible with a 1.5-litre straight-2-cylinder

with the power of 18

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(13 kW) and 17 brake horsepower. It had a

and manual four-speed

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. Its top speed was 50 km/h (31 mph). It had a capacity of 1527 cm³.

References

Bibliography

*''Jubiläumsfestschrift der A. G. Bernh: Steower Stettin: 1858–1908'', in: ''Deutsche Industrie, deutsche Kultur'', vol. 6, 1908. Nr. 2. Katalog der SLUB Dresden. * Gerhard Maerz. ''Die Geschichte der Stoewer-Automobile''. Kohlhammer Edition, Stuttgart. 1983, ISBN 3-17-007931-X. 1900s cars Cars introduced in 1901 All-wheel-drive vehicles 10P Cars discontinued in 1902 {{Veteran-auto-stub