{"id":4543,"date":"2019-07-23T22:26:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T20:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letocar.com\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2019-07-23T22:27:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T20:27:10","slug":"maf-f-5-14-ps-1914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letocar.com\/en\/maf-f-5-14-ps-1914\/","title":{"rendered":"MAF F 5 \/ 14 PS (1914)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Markranst\u00e4dter Automobilfabrik is a former producer of automobiles from Markranst\u00e4dt, Germany, which was active between 1909 and 1923.<\/p>\n

Hugo Ruppe founded the Markranst\u00e4dter car factory in 1909, producing cars that were sold under the brand name MAF. The first model was the Type D 4 from 1909 to 1913. Its air-cooled four-cylinder engine with 1192 cc provided 12 PS. The Type F 5 followed in 1913 with 1375 cc and 14 hp, and the G 6 with 1620 cc and 16 hp. Due to the outbreak of World War I in 1914 production was interrupted.<\/p>\n

After the war MAF produced the pre-war type F 5, and the 6 \/ 18 hp which replaced the G 6. MAF also built the type 8 \/ 25 hp, and the large 14 \/ 35 hp with a six-cylinder engine. In 1921 the factory was taken over by the Apollo-Werke AG, and in 1923 the last models were produced by MAF.<\/p>\n

Very few examples of the MAF remain today. A type F 5 \/ 14 PS of 1914 is in the Cit\u00e9 de l\u2019Automobile in Mulhouse, France. In addition, a collector in Saxony still owns a vehicle of this brand.<\/p>\n

Image: Claus Ableiter [CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>], via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n