The Alan was a German "inflation-period"
automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarde ...
of simple design; it was manufactured by J Mayer in
Bamberg in limited numbers between 1923 and 1925. The only model, the 6/30, had a 30
hp, four-
cylinder
A cylinder (from ) has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes. In elementary geometry, it is considered a prism with a circle as its base.
A cylinder may also be defined as an infin ...
engine with overhead valves, made in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
by
Siemens and Halske.
Vintage vehicles
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany
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