1930 Rumpler RuV 31 6+2

The native Austrian Edmund Rumpler turned to the First World War the automobile to and developed the became known as Tropfenwagen passenger cars.
In the absence of acceptance of its construction he put the assembly in 1926 again, but he remained the job faithfully and 1930, developed his company "Rumpler Lindner front Runner mbH "a truck with front wheel drive, which was also made twice in the same year.
client for both models of the newspaper publisher was Rudolf Ullstein - co-owner of the Ullstein publishing house, the then largest German media companies. In the battle for the fastest possible delivery of daily newspapers Distributors of Publishing boss saw in use of these two trucks a Voreil against the competitors.
The main reason for the choice of Rumpler truck may have been the sensational design, which guaranteed a very large advertising value. From a technical point of view it was remarkable that the force was transmitted to the front axle by means of double universal joints. The installation of a powerful V12 Maybach engine, which had 150 hp and the truck with the type designation RuV 31 6 + 2 accelerated to the then unbelievable top speed of 100 km / h. Because this pace was so exceptional for a truck of its time, Continental made extra tires for the Rumpler truck.

In addition to the technology, the express delivery van was also impressive due to its extravagant shape. At the Berlin car body manufacturing company Luchterhand & Freytag, the construction was established, a part also being created by Ambi-Budd and the Gottfried Lindner AG plant. Under participation of Rudolf Ullstein created an external form that gave the truck a very futuristic appearance, at the same time took into account aerodynamic aspects and yet fulfilled his task brilliantly, as he had in his luggage compartment has a capacity of
5 tons of newspapers.

In large letters the only inscription was the publisher's name.

The two fast trucks drove their newspapers out in the Magdeburg area, Dessau, to the then very popular baths on the Baltic Sea. The massive Ullstein express cars were so well known that the foreign press also reported on them. Until the early years of the Second World War, they shaped the street scene and fulfilled their advertising value for the Ullstein publishing house, because everyone who saw it knew exactly who they were on the way.

In 1943, both vehicles were completely destroyed during a bomb attack.

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