Adler · 1929–1934
Adler Favorit
The Adler Favorit is a passenger car introduced early in 1929 by the Frankfurt auto-maker, Adler. It was a substantial six-cylinder "limousine" (saloon) closely modelled on the manufacturer's Standard 6, which had first appeared in public in October 1926. Until 1933, the two models shared the same 2,840 mm (112 in) wheelbase, but the Favorit was powered by a smaller 1,943 cc four-cylinder engine for which a maximum power output of 35 PS (26 kW; 35 hp) was claimed. For both cars, a range of alternative body styles were available from coach builders. The rear-wheel drive Favorit was produced until 1933 and was also sometimes known as the Adler 8/35 PS, respecting a traditional style of nomenclature in which the "8" represented the car's tax horsepower and the "35" its actual horsepower. The German Finance Office had actually in 1928 replaced "Tax horsepower" with "Tax engine capacity" as a determinant of the amount of annual car tax with which a car's keeper would be burdened. Due to simplifying rounding applied by the German Finance Office in converting the actual cylinder dimensions to "Tax engine capacity", cars of this period sometimes have their actual engine size quoted, which in the case of the Favorit was 1,943 cc, and sometimes their engine size for taxation purposes, which in this case was only 1,930 cc. The four-cylinder Adler Favorit was produced between 1929 and 1933. By the end of that period 13,959 had been sold.
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