Hoffmann (motorcycle)

Jakob Oswald Hoffmann moved his Solinger Bicycle Factory to Lintorf, near Düsseldorf, shortly after the end of World War II.

Hoffmann had invested heavily in developing the Gouverneur motorcycle, the Auto-Kabine microcar, and a more powerful version of the Vespa.

The Governeur initially had quality control problems due to an inexperienced workforce and was later affected by a decrease in the motorcycle market as the German public increasingly turned to cars.

[8][9] Most significantly, the marketing of Hoffmann's more powerful version of the Vespa caused Piaggio to withdraw their license.

With Hoffmann's Vespa license gone, the creditors lost faith in the company and called in their loans, forcing them into bankruptcy.