Victoria Spatz 250 - 57

The Spatz (German for sparrow), later renamed the

Victoria 250, is a four-wheeled microcar that was built

between 1956 and 1958.

The car was originally conceived by Egon Brütsch as the Brütsch 200 "Spatz" a Fiberglass  three-wheeler with the suspension of the front wheels and the rear wheel attached directly  to the body shell. As such the car proved engineeringly unsound and trial runs on rough roads led to severe cracks in the bodywork. Harald Friedrich, managing partner of Alzmetall P. Meier & Friedrich GmbH in Altenmarkt an  der Alz, acquired the license from Brütsch to build the "Spatz" (German for sparrow) and in  July 1956 with the Victoria works as a partner, founded the Bayerische Autowerke GmbH  (BAG).  Because of the deficiencies in the original design, Frederick asked the then 77-year-old Hans  Ledwinka, the former Tatra engineer, to design a robust chassis for the car. The result was a  central tube frame and four wheels – in contrast to the original three-wheeled Brütsch.  Frederick then saw himself no longer obligated to pay royalties to Brütsch, which led to a  court case, which Frederick won. The judges recognising that the original Brütsch  construction was both useless and dangerous. The fiberglass bodywork resembled a sports car, but with only 10 hp (7 kW) was too  underpowered to qualify as such, no matter how light it was. The cloth top was erected from inside the car. Reverse was, like for the Messerschmitt KR200, by running the engine  backward (or by physically picking it up). The car was mechanically similar to the KR200 but  with a single bench seat for two of three people sitting beside each other. The engine size was increased from 200 to 250 cc. They were known for burning up. 1,588  were built between 1956 and 1958, 859 as "Spatz", 729 as "Victoria 250". 

1957

Engine 250 cc 2 cylinders Power 10 HP Total of 1.588 Victorias were build from 1956 to 1958. The collections item is in original, mint condition.