Production chronology1902–1904
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
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Cudell / Model record
Cudell30 HP Four-Cylinder
Production1902–1904
Recorded originGermany
ClassVeteran passenger automobile or light commercial vehicle
Power30 hp
Large chain-driven four-cylinder positioned above the 20 HP in Cudell's ambitious 1902 program and again mentioned among Paul Henze's 1904 developments. It served racing and large touring duties, but accessible period-derived sources do not preserve a displacement, wheelbase, gearbox specification, body-price schedule or exact number completed. The evidence gap in 1903 is stated rather than filled with an invented annual offer. It remains separate from the 35 HP because that top model had its own four-speed/reverse specification and at least 90 km/h claim, and from the later Phönix because the 1905 car used a newly documented 6.1-litre OHV engine.
Chronology ledger
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Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
No 30 HP total, serial range or confirmed survivor census is published.