Thorndal

Henning Thorndahl, a Danish entrepreneur, entered the automobile business in 1954 by taking over production of the Champion 400, a German small car designed shortly after the Second World War by Hermann Holbein. After earlier producers Champion Automobil GmbH of Paderborn and Rheinische Automobilfabrik Hennhöfer & Co. of Ludwigshafen both failed to make a success of it, Thorndahl struck a deal with Hennhöfer to continue production in Ludwigshafen, but his…