Walter Fiat
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Subsidiary | |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1911 |
Founder | 1946 |
Headquarters | Prague, Czech Republic |
Josef Walter und Co. GmbH Motorfahrzeugfabrik was an automotive manufacturer. The company was based in Prague, Czech Republic. The plant survived the war intact and in 1946 the company was nationalized as Motorlet n.p. Walter ceased making cars in 1954.
History
Josef Walter founded the company in 1911 to make motorcycles and motor tricycles. It started to make cars in 1913: firstly its own models, and later the Fiat 508,[1] Fiat 514,[2] Fiat 522 and Fiat 524[3] under licence.
By 1926 Walter was Czechoslovakia's fourth-largest car maker by sales volume. In 1929 it still held fourth place, and production peaked at 1,498 cars for the year.[4] By 1932 Walter production had slumped to 217 cars for the year.[5] The figure recovered to 474 in 1933[6] but fell again to 102 in 1936[7] and only 13 in 1937.[8]
Walter ceased making cars in 1954.
Production
Walter cars
Model | Year | Engine | Displacement (cm³) |
Power | Wheelbase (mm) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W-III | 1913 | 4R SV | 2.600 | 26 HP | 2.600 |
W-II | 1913 | 4R SV | 1.840 | 20 HP | 2.570 |
W-I | 1913 | 4R SV | 1.240 | 14 HP | 2.560 |
WZ | 1919 | 4R SV | 1.540 | 18 HP | 2.760 |
WIZ | 1920 | 4R OHV | 1.540 | 20 HP | 2.760 |
WIZI | 1922 | 4R SV | 2.120 | 25 HP | 2.825 |
P-I | 1924 | 4R OHV | 1.540 | 20 HP | n.c. |
P-II | 1924 | 4R OHV | 1.945 | 25 HP | n.c. |
P-III | 1925 | 4R OHV | 1.945 | 30 HP | 3.100 |
P-IV | 1928 | 4R OHV | 2.300 | 35 HP | 3.100 |
4-B | 1928 | 4R OHV | 1.908 | 35 HP | 2.800 |
6-B | 1928 | 6R OHV | 2.860 | 60 HP | 3.300 |
Standard | 1930 | 6R OHV | 2.500 | 65 HP | 3.300 |
Super | 1931 | 6R OHV | 3.257 | 70 HP | 3.600 |
Regent | 1931 | 6R OHV | 3.257 | 80 HP | 3.600 |
Royal | 1931 | 12V OHV | 5.874 | 120 HP | 3.700 |
Walter under Fiat Licence
Model | Year | Engine | Displacement (cm³) |
Power | Wheelbase (mm) |
Variant of |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bijou | 1931 | 4 SV | 1.438 | 32 HP | 2.555 | Fiat 514 |
Junior | 1932 | 4 SV | 995 | 22 HP | 2.250 | Fiat 508 |
Junior S | 1933 | 4 SV | 995 | 30 HP | 2.250 | Fiat 508 |
Junior SS | 1933/34 | 4 OHV | 995 | 35 HP | 2.250 | Fiat 508 |
Prinz | 1933 | 6 SV | 2.491 | 60 HP | 2.775 | Fiat 522 |
Lord | 1933 | 6 SV | 2.491 | 60 HP | 2.875 | Fiat 522C |
References
- ↑ Tuček 2017, p. 172.
- ↑ Tuček 2017, p. 171.
- ↑ Tuček 2017, p. 174.
- ↑ Tuček 2017, p. 44.
- ↑ Tuček 2017, p. 112.
- ↑ Tuček 2017, p. 113.
- ↑ Tuček 2017, p. 214.
- ↑ Tuček 2017, p. 215.
Sources
- Tuček, Jan (2017). Auta první republiky 1918–1938 (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. ISBN 978-80-271-0466-6.
External links
- Forbes, Peter; Forbes, Rita. "Czechoslovakian Aero Engines: Page 117 of 140". Engine Data Sheets.