Private company
Apollo
German automobile based in Apolda, founded in 19041
The Apollo was a German automobile manufactured by Ruppe & Son of Apolda in Thuringia from 1910 to 1927. The first Apollo was called the "Mobbel" and featured an air-cooled 624 cc single-cylinder IOE engine. The company also offered air-cooled 1608 cc in-line fours and a 1575 cc V-4.2 It ceased to exist in 1932.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Apollo was a German automobile manufactured by Ruppe & Son of Apolda in Thuringia from 1910 to 1927. The first Apollo was called the "Mobbel" and featured an air-cooled 624 cc single-cylinder IOE engine. The company also offered air-cooled 1608 cc in-line fours and a 1575 cc V-4. The company had also previously made a vehicle called the Piccolo.2
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Four separate cylinders inline powered the model "E" (1770 cc). The model "B", designed by racing driver Karl Slevogt, had an OHV 960 cc four-cylinder engine. Another of his creations had a 2040 cc OHV engine. Other Apollos had sidevalve four-cylinder engines of up to 3440 cc; some post-1920 models featured wishbone suspension.
The last cars produced by the company had OHV 1200 cc four-cylinder engines; some had sidevalve 1551 cc Steudel four-cylinder power units instead. The designer of two-stroke engines, Hugo Ruppe, was the factory founder's son; in 1920 Apollo took over his air-cooled MAF cars. During the mid-1920s, Slevogt raced cars of this marque with streamlined Jaray bodies.
From Wikipedia’s article on Apollo (1910 automobile), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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- WikipediaApollo (1910 automobile)
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- WikidataQ618968
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- 1WikidataApollo on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaApollo on Wikipedia
- 3WikipediaApollo on Wikipedia (revision used)
- 4Wikimedia CommonsApollo photo by Buch-t, Public domain