# Lloyd 250

The Lloyd LP 250 is a small car introduced in June 1956 and offered for sale until 1957 by Lloyd Motoren Werke G.m.b.H. of Bremen. The body and running gear came from the existing Lloyd LP 400. The LP 250 differed in having the size of its two cylinder two stroke engine reduced to 250 cc. This produced a claimed maximum power of just 8 kW (11 PS; 11 hp) at 5000 rpm, less, even, than the 9.8 kW (13.3 PS; 13.1 hp) of the LP 400.
The Lloyd LP 250 became known in Germany as the “Driving Test Nerves Car” („Prüfungsangst-Auto“) because, under the licence classifications then in force, vehicles having an engine capacity below 250 cc fell into a more accessible drivers’ licence category (Licence Category 4) than larger engined cars. Presumably at the time when the drivers’ licence categories were devised, it had not occurred to the legislators that such a category might include a four-seat passenger car. In later years, elderly motorists who had never acquired a more conventional drivers’ licence were happy to spell out that "vehicles" in this case included cars as evidence that they were indeed licensed to drive cars and did not need to take the additional test normally necessary for driving passenger cars (Licence Category 3).
On its introduction in summer 1956, the car lacked some of the relatively luxurious features included on the LP 400 sister model. It came without hubcaps, bumpers or a backrest for passengers in the back seat. The car was offered for sale at just DM 2,980, though the missing features were available at extra cost as options. A more fully equipped version, the LP 250 V, replaced the basic LP 250 in April 1957, the formerly optional fittings becoming standard features; the price was increased to DM 3,350, however, which was the same as the price quoted for the more powerful LP 400.
In total, 3,768 Lloyd LP 250 / LP 250Vs were produced.

## Sources and further reading

* Peter Kurze/Ralf Kiese: Lloyd – der Wagen für Dich, Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-7688-1725-3
* ↑ "Not und Spiele: Die 50er Jahre...". Auto Motor u. Sport. Heft 13 1996: Seite 58–65. 14 June 1996.
vteBorgward, Lloyd, Goliath, and Hansa vehicle timeline, 1945–1970 :
Type
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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 )
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