Dannenhauer & Stauss
Dannenhauer & Stauss was founded by Gottfried Dannenhauer, a German coachbuilder. He had been employed by Karosseriewerk Reutter based in Stuttgart. Whilst there, he was communicating with Volkswagen before World War II. From 1950 to 1957 Reutter manufactured about 100 convertibles, mostly based on the Volkswagen Beetle. The sales price was 8,892 DM. The body was handmade by tapping metal sheets on a template. The doors were made in a pressing shop. Other companies like DKW were supplied. When in 1955 the Karmann Ghia was mass-produced, the company could no longer compete, and its product was discontinued. The amount of production was limited, but precise numbers are uncertain.[1] Changing their business model to rebuilding vehicle bodies allowed the company to survive at the address in Augustenstraße, Stuttgart where Reutter had been.
About 15 of the DKW Monza cars were made by Dannenhauer & Stauss. Ostensibly, a grand total of about 80 of the DKW Monza cars were made, albeit by different companies.[2]
Notes
- ↑ "Dannenhauer & Strauss". Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Quiz archive: About Tough to Crack Puzzle # 63: DKW Monza". 27 July 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
The car broke 5 records in 1956 in Monza (72h drive with 140 km/h average). About 240 cars were made between 1956-58, by Dannenhauer & Stauss (Stuttgart), then Massholder (Heidelberg) and Robert Schenk (Stuttgart). Then DKW broke the cooperation, as they introduced their own sports model (Auto-Union 1000Sp). About 50 exist.
Further reading
- Wiersch, Bernd (2007). Die Edel-Käfer - Sonderkarosserien von Rometsch, Dannenhauer & Stauss, Wilhelm Karmann, Enzmann, Gebrüder Beutler, Ghia Aigle, Joseph Hebmüller & Söhne, Drews, Wendler (in German). Delius Klasing: Bielefeld. pp. 102–115. ISBN 978-3-7688-1971-8.
External links
- The company's webpage http://www.karosserie-stauss-balbach.de/
- (German) Information about Dannenhauer & Stauss at the Volkswagen Website, retrieved 8 September 2012
- (German) Classic Car Report, archive.org, retrieved 8 September 2012
- (German) Käfer-Variationen der Fünfziger – Sekt statt Selters, Der Spiegel, 5 Februar 2004
Coordinates: 48°46′21″N 9°10′09″E / 48.77263°N 9.16908°E