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Carl F. W. Borgward (left) and Hubert M. Meingast (second from left) around 1950. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward (10 November 1890 in Altona, Hamburg – 28 July 1963 in Bremen) was a German engineer and designer and the creator of the Borgward group, based in Bremen. Biography
Carl F. W. Borgward was a German industrialist who got involved in the car business in 1919 by way of an automotive parts company called Bremer Reifen-Industrie GmbH. That company would eventually become the Borgward company.
The former Borgward car manufacturing company, based in Bremen, Germany, was founded by Carl F. W. Borgward (1890–1963). It produced cars of four brands, which were sold to a diversified international customer base: Borgward, Hansa, Goliath and Lloyd.
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward war ein deutscher Ingenieur und Unternehmer. Der von Carl F. W. Borgward geschaffene Automobilkonzern war in den 1950er Jahren größter Arbeitgeber Bremens. Das Unternehmen mit den Marken Borgward, Hansa, Goliath und Lloyd ging 1961 in die Insolvenz.
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward (November 10, 1890 in Hamburg Altona - July 28, 1963 in Bremen) was a German engineer and designer and the creator of the Borgward group, based in Bremen. Carl Borgward was of modest extraction, the son of a coal retailer, Wilhelm Borgward, and had twelve brothers and sisters.
Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co. was a German car manufacturer started by Carl F. W. Borgward and Wilhelm Tecklenborg in 1928, and was part of the Borgward group. Goliath was based in Bremen and specialized in three-wheeler cars and trucks and medium-sized cars.
Carl F. W. Borgward Automobil und Motorenwerke GmbH. The first vehicle developed by Borgward was the Blitzkarren, an open tricycle with 2.2 HP engine and a loading capacity of 250 kg. Later, this vehicle became famous under the name Goliath.
