Stoewer Model History

Germany · founded 1899

A pioneering German make from Stettin (1899–1945) — among Germany's first carmakers, builder of one of the country's earliest mass-produced front-wheel-drive cars and the streamlined Greif Junior.

Models

Großer Motorwagen

Stoewer's very first automobile — a four-seat open tourer with a 6.5 hp twin-cylinder engine, one of the first cars built in Germany.

Veteran car · 1899–1899
G4

Stoewer's most commercially successful pre-war model — a shaft-driven 1.5-litre four-cylinder aimed at the middle market, with 1,070 built.

Compact car · 1907–1910
G15 Gigant

One of Stoewer's flagship eight-cylinder luxury cars of the late 1920s — a 4-litre straight-eight producing up to 80 PS.

Luxury car · 1928–1931
V5

One of Germany's first mass-produced front-wheel-drive cars — a 1.2-litre compact with 2,100 units built across two years.

Subcompact car · 1931–1932
Greif V8

An innovative front-wheel-drive V8 with an aluminium alloy engine — the last Stoewer designed by the founding brothers, with only about 20 built.

Mid-size car · 1934–1939
Greif Junior

Stoewer's best-selling car ever — a streamlined Tatra 75-derived compact that sold 4,000 units in four years.

Compact car · 1935–1938
Sedina

Stoewer's final civilian saloon — a 2.4-litre four-cylinder rear-drive car named for Stettin, with 924 built.

Mid-size car · 1937–1940
Arkona

Stoewer's final and largest civilian car — a 3.6-litre six-cylinder named for Cape Arkona, capable of 140 km/h, with 201 built.

Mid-size car · 1937–1940
R200

The Wehrmacht's standard light off-road car — a four-wheel-drive, four-wheel-steer reconnaissance vehicle built by Stoewer, Hanomag, and BMW.

Military vehicle · 1938–1943

Other makes