Steyr 50

The Steyr 50 is a small car released in 1936 by the Austrian automobile manufacturer Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG.

The car had a water-cooled four-cylinder boxer engine with thermosiphon cooling, driving the rear wheels through a four-speed transmission.

To save room and weight, a dynastarter was used, which doubled as the axle of the radiator fan.

The little Steyr offered better seating and luggage space than Porsche's Volkswagen with shorter overall length, a large sheet metal sliding roof, and hydraulic brakes (instead of the early Volkswagens' cable-operated ones).

After the war, the factory was rebuilt and from 1953 specialized in the Austrian versions of the Fiat 1400 and 1900 models (Steyr 2000).

Left rear of the Steyr 50 'Baby' (Lane Motor Museum)
1938 Steyr 55 on display at the Technical Museum Vienna