Stoewer Greif V8 History

The Greif (German for 'griffin', the heraldic symbol of Stettin) was Stoewer's last car designed under Emil and Bernhard Stoewer before the brothers were pushed out. It used a 2,488 cc light-alloy V8 engine with vertical valves producing approximately 55 PS, driving the front wheels through a four-speed gearbox — a technically ambitious layout for a German car of the mid-1930s.

Stoewer produced only about 20 of these aluminium-engined cars, making the Greif V8 extremely rare today. It was offered as a pillarless four-door limousine and in other coachbuilt configurations. The model ran until about 1939, when it was succeeded by the Arkona.