AAG (1900 automobile)

{{Short description|Defunct German automotive company}}

AAG, short for Allgemeine Automobil-Gesellschaft Berlin, was a German automobile company which offered only one car, a 5 hp (4 kW) voiturette designed by one Professor Klingenberg and manufactured between 1900 and 1901.

History

The trademark for the name was registered on 28 November 1899 and registered on 8 February 1900. Production ended in 1901.{{Cite web |title=AAG (1900–1901) |url=https://motor-car.net/german/item/15762-aag-1900-01 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=motor-car.net |language=en-gb}} The company factory was bought by the politician Emil Rathenau, also the head of the AEG Group. He renamed it to the Neue Automobil Gesellschaft (NAG for short), and the company produced cars until 1934.{{Cite book |last=Mom |first=Gijs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E5CI04O5MZgC |title=The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age |date=2013-02-15 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=978-1-4214-0970-2 |pages=115, 139 |language=en}}

Further reading

  • {{Cite book |title=Die internationale Automobilenzyklopädie: PC DVD-ROM; alle wichtigen Daten und Fakten zu 9.000 Marken; 125 Jahre Marken und Modelle |date=2008 |publisher=USM |isbn=978-3-8032-9876-8 |editor-last=Linz |editor-first=Harald H. |location=München |language=de |editor-last2=Schrader |editor-first2=Halwart}}
  • {{Cite book |title=The Beaulieu encyclopedia of the automobile |date=2000 |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |isbn=978-1-57958-293-7 |editor-last=Georgano |editor-first=Nick |location=Chicago, Ill.}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Kubisch |first=Ulrich |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Deutsche_Automarken_von_A_Z/iqa-zwEACAAJ?hl=en |title=Deutsche Automarken von A - Z.: Alles über Außenseiter, Eintagsfliegen, Großserienhersteller und Top-Marken von der Pionierzeit bis zur Gegenwart. |date=1993 |publisher=Heel Verlag GmbH |isbn=978-3-926917-09-6 |language=de}}

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