CWS T-1
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The CWS T-1 was the first serially-built car
Čar
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 manufactured in Poland
Poland
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. A series of different cars based on the T-1 chassis
Chassis
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 designed by Tadeusz Tański
Tadeusz Tanski
Tadeusz Tański was a Polish automobile engineer and the designer of, among others, the first Polish serially-built automobile, the CWS T-1.He was born in Janów Podlaski to Czesław Tański, one of pioneers of Polish aviation...

 (hence T-1) of the Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe
Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe
Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe was a Polish pre-war car and motorcycle manufacturer. Created by the Polish Ministry of War Affairs in 1918, the privately run company was initially entitled to service of all the mechanical equipment of the Polish Army, including tanks, armoured cars, motorcycles...

 (hence CWS), it was the only motor car that could be completely dismantled and again put together with one tool; all its screws and bolts had the same diameter.

Although the car was designed in 1922, it was not until 1925 the prototype tests were completed. Between 1925 and 1932 approximately 500 CWS T-1 were manufactured in a variety of versions. Among them were:
  • Torpedo
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     (open-top)
  • Kareta (Hardtop
    Hardtop
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    )
  • Berlina
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     (Sedan)
  • Cabriolet (in fact a semi-convertible)
  • pick-up
  • van


In 1930, the CWS works were swallowed by the Polish state-controlled industrial giant PZInż, yet the production was continued under the previous name. However, in 1932, a license for the Polski Fiat
Polski Fiat
Polski Fiat was a Polish car brand. Under this brand, cars under licence of the Italian manufacturer FIAT were manufactured or assembled in Poland.-Before World War II:...

 was purchased from Italy
Italy
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 and the Italian head of the Fiat
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...

holding demanded that the sale of CWS cars be stopped. The Polish authorities obeyed and the CWS-1 was withdrawn from production.
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