RÖHR ( ROEHR ) / GERMANY

RÖHR ( 1927 - 1938 )

The German RÖHR Company -  founded by Gustav Röhr - started late in the automobile industry using the ancient factory plant from FALCON .
They presented their first car in 1927.
It was a large 8 - cylinder car  in the luxury segment. They sold not many of these car cars so they tried to offer a cheaper 4 - cylinder car, the RÖHR Junior, one of the first  front wheel drive automobiles. It was the "best-seller" for RÖHR ( 1,700 cars ) but not enough to survive.
In 1938 they sold the factory to STOEWER and the RÖHR Junior became the STOEWER Greif.

All RÖHR emblems are hard to find. You have to looks years for them.

Original Röhr 8 emblem made of enamel

Size	2.3 cm x  3.5 cm (badge without base)
Year	1927 - 1933
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RÖHR 8 Typ F Autenrieth

1933 RÖHR  emblem. The insert is a repro made of plastic

emblem in original as found condition

another RÖHR repro emblem, made by Göde / Germany

this emblem was mounted on the radiator core

Size	12.5 cm x 12.0 cm (emblem with metal base)
Year	1933 - 1935
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1934 advertisment showing both RÖHR emblems

1933 sales brochure

insert made of enamel

1933 brochure showing the Junior emblem

picture from vorkriegs-klassiker-rundschau.blog  showing a Röhr Junior before WWII

In 1930  the new Röhr 8 type RA showed another  emblem on the radiator: the number 8 with ornaments.             A radiator mascot with the letter R only but no script  on the grill indicated  that it was a Röhr.
Question of understatement ?

RÖHR Eight mascot

RÖHR 8, photographed in times of the former GDR (DDR, see the TRABANT Kombi in the background)

For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of carmakers )

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