CERTUS / GERMANY

 CERTUS AUTOMOBILWERK / OFFENBURG / GERMANY  ( 1927 - 1929 )

Here is another quite unknown German car maker: CERTUS AUTOMOBIL WERK.
In 1927 the driving instructor Franz Wroblewski and his friend Wilhelm Dierks founded the CERTUS
Automobil - Werke ( the latin word certus means:  to be sure ) in Offenburg ( Black Forest ).
Their slogan was: Der preiswerteste 8- Zylinder auf dem Weltmarkt ( the cheapest 8-cylinder on the world market).
Nevertheless they sold less than 50 cars in two years. Not a single car has survived.
To my knowledge this is  the only radiator emblem in existence.

emblem showing the coat of arms of the city of Offenburg /  Germany

Size	10.0 cm x 6.5 cm
Year	1927 - 1929
Estimate

reverse of a NOS emblem

picture of a CERTUS touring car  in a sales brochure

front page of the 1927 sales brochure

contemporary ad with the slogan:  the cheapest 8-cylinder of the world market 

In my eyes the vehicle does look a bit crude, missing any elegance

Before the company started to manufacture its own vehicles, they were successful as a car body factory as can be seen from the following advertisement:

 

 

 

1921 advertisement showing a body more elegant

 

 

Due to the low sales, there are also almost no contemporary photos. But at least the following photo shows a proud owner:

 

 

source:   https://vorkriegs-klassiker-rundschau.blog/

 

 Meanwhile I found a second contemporary photo showing a CERTUS:

big car for a big family of eight persons ( photo collection Claus H. Wulff )

 

For more  emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).

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