JPE was a German car advertised in 1919 by the JPE-Auto-Gesellschaft of Berlin as a "Volksauto," a people's car priced at only 4,500 marks. Dealerships selling the car in large numbers were said to have been founded in several major German cities, though none of them possessed a demonstration vehicle, and the contemporary press voiced strong doubt that anything usable could be built for that price. Promotional material showed only…