# Goliath 1100

The Goliath 1100 and later the Hansa 1100 is a small automobile that was manufactured from 1957 until 1961 by the Bremen based Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co, a subsidiary of Borgward. A two-door saloon and a three-door kombi (estate) version were available from launch and a two-door coupe was introduced a year later. For 1959, the Goliath name was discontinued and the car was rebadged as the Hansa 1100, recalling Borgward’s prewar model of the same name.
The Goliath 1100 replaced the Goliath GP900 and apart from a completely new engine, little had changed. In place of the GP 700’s two-stroke engine, the 1100 featured a water-cooled boxer motor, an engine format taken up by Subaru several years after the demise of the Goliath brand.

## Goliath and Borgward

The Goliath business had been established in 1928 by the entrepreneurial engineer Carl Borgward in partnership with Wilhelm Tecklenburg. The plant had been bombed to destruction during the war, but during the 1950s produced a succession of small front-wheel-drive passenger cars. The Goliath 1100 was the last of these.

## Chronology

The Goliath 1100 appeared at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1957. From the outside, it was distinguished from the GP900 by a more modern front grille.
Later in 1957, the 40 bhp (30 kW; 41 PS) 1100 was joined by the 1100 Luxus version. The cars shared the 1094 cc engine displacement, but the Luxus, courtesy of a second carburettor and a higher compression ratio, boasted an output of 55 bhp (41 kW; 56 PS). A maximum speed of 135 km/h (84 mph) compared with 125 km/h (78 mph) claimed for the less powerful car.
In October 1958, the Goliath 1100 was replaced by the Hansa 1100. Hansa had been the brand name used by the business in the 1930s and 1940s. The new Hansa 1100 used most of the same body panels, but it now featured sharper tailfins and a kinked chrome strip along the car’s flank. An optional Saxomat automatic clutch was offered.

## Other countries

Established by the family Taubenfeld, according to an agreement signed between it and the Goliath BmgH Werk Bremen, Germany. The Hansa 1100 Luxus are made in Argentina by Goliath Hansa Argentina in the city of Villa Constitución, Santa Fe for the 1960–1961 years in three versions: Sedán de Lujo, Combi y Súper cupé Lujo. With a capital of $3,350,000, began operations on May 2, 1960, and September 15 began work on the construction of a 19,000 m2 manufacturing plant.
* Goliath 1100 2-door Saloon. After the 1959 name change to Hansa, the 1100 acquired sharper tailfins
* Goliath 1100 Combi
* Hansa 1100 2-door Saloon
* Hansa 1100 Coupe
* Hansa 1100 Combi (station wagon)
* Hansa 1100 Combi (panel van)

## Sources and further reading

* ↑ A Brief Borgward History, www.borgwardisabella.com Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 10 January 2012
* ↑ 1960 Goliath Express 1100 Panel Bus Goli 3-Whl Truck Hansa Kombi Brochure wv6675, www.ebay.com, as archived at web.archive.org
* 1 2 Gloor, Roger (2007). Alle Autos der 50er Jahre 1945 - 1960 (1. ed.). Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-613-02808-1.
* ↑ "Bienvenidos a Autohistoria - la historia de la industria automotriz argentina". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
vteBorgward, Lloyd, Goliath, and Hansa vehicle timeline, 1945–1970 :
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1960s
1970s
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Supermini
WWII
Lloyd 250
Lloyd 300
Lloyd 400
Lloyd 600
Lloyd Alexander
Small family car
Lloyd Arabella
Borgward Arabella de Luxe
Goliath GP700 / GP900
Goliath 1100
Hansa 1100
Mid-size car
Borgward Hansa 1500 / 1800
Borgward Isabella
Luxury car
Borgward Hansa 2400 Sportback
Borgward Hansa 2400 Pullman
Borgward P100
Borgward 230 / Borgward Six
Sports car / Coupe
Goliath GP700 Sport
Borgward Isabella Coupé
LCV
Goliath GD750
Goliath Goli
Lloyd LT 500
Lloyd LT 600
Goliath GV800
Goliath Express
Borgward B 1500 F / B 611
Truck
Borgward B 1000
Borgward B 1250
Borgward B 1500
Borgward B 1500
Borgward B 511
Borgward B 2000
Borgward B 2500 / Borgward B 2500 F
Borgward B 522 / B 622
Borgward B 3000
Borgward B 4000
Borgward B 533 / B 544
Borgward B 4500
Borgward B 555 / B 655
Legend
Borgward group
(      Borgward, by Carl F. W. Borgward GmbH
     Lloyd, by Lloyd Motorenwerke GmbH
     Borgward, by Lloyd Motorenwerke GmbH
     Goliath, by Goliath-Werk GmbH
     Hansa, by Goliath-Werk GmbH )
     Manufactured by Grupo Industrial Ramirez in Mexico :