[1] Hebmüller initially constructed horsedrawn carriages, but after the death of its founder in 1919 his sons started building bodies for automobiles.

[1] After World War II, the company received an order from the British Army to build 15 Humber based cabriolets.

However, it was widely reported that Volkswagen ordered 2,000 vehicles, with production starting in June 1949.

[4] A massive fire struck its Wülfrath factory on 23 July 1949, which, due to a water shortage, could not be extinguished before almost the entire facility was destroyed.

[4] [5] Although the factory was rapidly rebuilt, and over 350 more cars were produced in 1949 alone, the company never recovered from the destruction.