The two engineers Carl Pollich and Fidelis Böhler, although not from the automotive sector, have designed a small car and built two test cars. Hanomag takes over these and the two engineers at the same time. It markets this as Hanomag 2/10 hp, in the population because of its form called 'Komissbrot' (Kommissbrot = bread you get as a military).

A lightweight two-seater convertible/sedan with water-cooled single cylinder, which is built-in standing in the rear and drives the rigid axle via chain. The car has individually suspended front wheels, only a centrally located headlight, but is ahead of many other cars by its very early almost pontoon-like body.

A maximum of 80 pieces are built in flow production per working day. But because this car is very soon developed to a conventional way, Böhler leaves the company very quickly, while Polloch remains faithful to it until 1963. He becomes the chief designer at Hanomag. His account is also the 3/16 (picture below) from 1929, the front looks like a car of the time again and only a little reminiscent of the 2/10.

Actually, it has no pontoon form, its attached fenders are adapted perfectly to each of the front and rear part. By the way, they are made of steel, while wood dominates as the base material in the middle section. The fenders conceal that the middle part is significantly wider than the track of just over one meter.

At the rear, this is even smaller, because you drive the entire rear axle, because they saved the differential. Incidentally, both hand and foot brakes only work there. The car has right-hand drive, as usual in Germany at that time. However, the driver's seat can only be reached via one door on the left.

Yes, many savings had to be made. During the construction period 1925-28, inflation was just over, only a short time of apparent recovery, after that it becoame really bad. Not even the middle class can afford a car at all. The smallest Opel costed almost twice as much, DKW builds complete bodies made of plywood with artificial leather.

Since the popular name "Kommissbrot" can even be perceived as a pet name, this means perhaps not only the shaping but also the durability of the Hanomag 2/10. As a racing version with about 80 km/h top it has been able to prove the more in its class, the longer the race lasted. 01/18