Selve Automobilwerke AG was a car maker located in

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, the ''Northern German Automobile Works'' (), which made the Colibri car and the Sperber, was absorbed by the Selve firm, which was already producing Basse & Selve engines for the automotive industry. The first cars produced were the 24

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1.5 litre engine displacement and the 32 horsepower 2 litre model. The 40 hp 2090 cc model (which was later carried over to the 40 hp and 2352 cc) was also available in a sport version. Six-cylinder models of 2850 cc in engine displacement were produced in 1925 and the Selecta 3075 cc engine produced in 1927 completed the product line.

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was a fan of the automobile mark in the 1920s having a Green Selve 6/20 in which he was chauffeured around by his adjutant

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. The Selve 12/50 with a six-cylinder engine of 3097 cc with a bore of 74 mm and a stroke of 120 mm produced 50 hp. The top speed was 90 km/h. The fuel consumption was 15 liters per 100 km. The wheelbase was 3250 mm with an overall length of about 4500 mm. The track width was 1340 mm. As a convertible, the empty weight was 1400 kg, and as a closed six-seater, it was 1600 kg. These automobiles were produced until 1929, when car manufacturing was suspended due to the economic crisis of 1929. A

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six-cylinder model designed by was shown at the 1928 Berlin Automobile Exposition, but was never put into production.

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