PRESTO / CHEMNITZ / GERMANY ( 1901 - 1927 )
The PRESTO Werke were well known for 2-wheelers, bicycles and motorcycles before they started car production in Chemnitz / Saxony in 1901. The first models had a single cylinder engine.
In 1908 some prototypes started in the Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt, a famous race at that time.
The production of a home designed 4-cylinder car started in 1910. In their last year of existence they offered a six-cylinder engine. But the same year PRESTO was taken over by NAG and the six-cylinder model was offered as NAG - PRESTO.
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very early PRESTO firewall emblem |
Size | 9.7 cm x 6.4 cm |
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Year | 1901 - 1904 |
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1909 PRESTO showing a round emblem with wings |
The next enameled emblem was round and you could read on it: Prestowerke AG Chemnitz SA.
If have never seen an original emblem, so I can show you pictures only from both cars with emblems on the radiator.
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PRESTO type P8/22 1910 - 1912 photo collection Michael Schlenger (Vorkriegs-Klassiker-Rundschau) |
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the emblem shown above was patended in 1911 |
The next emblem is a 1912 truck emblem. From 1912 to 1927 PRESTO used a round emblem. In the upper half of the emblem you can read PRESTO and in the bottom half you find the winged wheel over a cloud:
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large PRESTO truck emblem |
Size | 8.8 cm |
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Year | 1912 - 1914 |
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1912 PRESTO truck seen in a German museum |
For a short time they used emblems without the makers name, just showing the winged wheel over a cloud. I guess that it was used in combination with a radiator script.
Size
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5.1 cm
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Year
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unknown
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Estimate
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There were some variations of this emblem concerning the colors and the size.
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PRESTO emblem with chromed base |
Size
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6.3 cm
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Year
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1925 - 1927
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Estimate
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PRESTO car wash (photo collection Thomas Ulrich) |
Emblem of a v - shaped radiator
Size
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6.4 cm
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Year
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1921 - 1925
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Estimate
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PRESTO with vee - shaped radiator (photo collection T. Urich ) |
In November 1926 PRESTO presented the first Six-cylinder model using the traditional emblem:
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Page 1 of the 1926 / 1927 Six-cylinder brochure |
In November 1927 PRESTO was taken over by NAG and the Six-cylinder models were carried under the name NAG - PRESTO:
Size
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3.8 cm x 5.6 cm resp. 6.1 cm x 7.5 cm
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Year
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1927 - 1928
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Estimate
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NAG PRESTO seen in a German workshop in 2022 |
There is also a repro emblem mady in Germany by Göde:
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Look at the wrong colors on the bottom: black and white only instead of black, white, green and grey |
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easy to identify: repro emblem with makers mark from Göde |
See more about NAG here.
For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).
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