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    Hans Ledwinka (14 February 1878 – 2 March 1967) was an Austrian automobile designer. Ledwinka was born in Klosterneuburg (Lower Austria), near Vienna...
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    V570 was a prototype 1931-33 car developed by a team led by Hans Ledwinka, Erich Ledwinka and Erich Übelacker. The aim of the construction team was to...
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    built its first car, the Präsident, under the direction of engineers Hans Ledwinka and Edmund Rumpler. The Präsident was exhibited in Vienna later that...
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    serial-produced, truly aerodynamically-designed automobiles. It was developed by Hans Ledwinka and Paul Jaray, the Zeppelin aerodynamic engineer. Launched in 1934...
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  • Joseph Ledwinka (December 14, 1870 – November 26, 1949) was an automobile engineer. Joseph V. Ledwinka, a distant relative of Hans Ledwinka, was born in...
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    – The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka. Poundbury: Veloce Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-845847-99-9. Schmarbeck, Wolfgang (1997). Hans Ledwinka: Seine Autos Sein...
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    in 1946-47 by Josef Chalupa, Vladimír Popelář, František Kardaus and Hans Ledwinka. The name of the car celebrated the new Communist planned economy but...
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    Tatra 87 has unique bodywork. Its streamlined shape was designed by Hans Ledwinka and Erich Übelacker and was based on the Tatra 77, the first car designed...
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    was extensively developed by Hans Ledwinka who used it in greater numbers on the Tatra 11 and subsequent vehicles. Ledwinka later used backbone frames with...
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    the axle, not longitudinally as a rear engine. Hans Ledwinka The Austrian automobile designer Hans Ledwinka, whom Porsche was a contemporary, worked at the...
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