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A mint-silver LUFT Typ 1 with the top down on a lakeside road on Lake Constance, the Alps hazy behind it.

LUFT Typ 1 · Electric roadster

Nothing but sky.

The open two-seater from a small manufaktur on Lake Constance. Quiet enough that you hear everything again.

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Silence

An electric car is quiet. So with the top down, you finally hear what usually gets lost: the wind, the gravel, the person beside you.

Sound on. The faster you scroll, the more wind.

On the road

Open to

  1. 430 km of range turn the long way round into a quick decision.

    The Typ 1 on a narrow vineyard lane above the lake in autumn.

  2. Thanks to the wind deflector, you talk at 100 km/h at living-room volume.

    Two people laughing in the open Typ 1 on a tree-lined avenue.

  3. Top down in eleven seconds. Just in time for the golden part.

    The Typ 1 parked on the shore as the sun sets over the lake.

  4. Feder chassis, rear-wheel drive, 1,480 kg. Hairpins are fun again.

    The Typ 1 in a hairpin of an alpine pass road, seen from above.

  5. Room for two bags from the bakery. Or for a weekend.

    The Typ 1 outside a small village bakery in the morning, a paper bag on the passenger seat.

The model

One car, four numbers, no excuses.

Typ 1

Close-up of the Typ 1 fabric roof folding open.

Soft top

11 s

Open in eleven seconds.

Fabric roof, even on the move up to 50 km/h.

Real time0.0 s
The Typ 1 accelerating on a country road, wheels blurred with motion.

Sprint

3.9 s

Zero to a hundred.

Rear-wheel drive, 300 kW, one gear. That is all it takes.

The Typ 1 charging next to a lakeside café.

Range

430 km

Enough for the scenic route.

WLTP. From 10 to 80 % in 18 minutes on 800 volts.

View from above into the Typ 1 cabin with wool seats and a slim dashboard.

Feder chassis

1,480 kg

Light as a feather. Taut as a spring.

Carbon tub, the battery carries load. (Feder means both in German.)

Range

Once round the lake. Then over the Bödele.

Our favourite loop: 252 km, three countries, one pass. Here is what is left:

Roof
Season

Left after the loop

112 km

Enough for a detour to Meersburg. And the way home.

Example calculation based on 430 km WLTP. Real-world range depends on temperature, driving style and the roof.

GermanyAustriaSwitzerland FriedrichshafenStart and finishLindauBregenzBödeleKonstanzÜberlingen

Manufaktur

148 a year.

One week per car. Twelve people in Friedrichshafen build your Typ 1 from Monday to Friday.

  1. MonMonday

    Two technicians fitting the axle to a carbon tub in a bright hall.

    Feder chassis

    Carbon tub, axles, springs. The frame for everything else.

  2. TueTuesday

    A flat battery pack being lowered carefully into the chassis.

    Battery

    62 kWh in the floor, as a load-bearing part of the structure.

  3. WedWednesday

    The body hovering on a lifting rig above the finished running gear.

    The wedding

    Body meets drivetrain. German carmakers really call it the Hochzeit. We serve cake.

  4. ThuThursday

    A saddler sewing the fabric roof on an industrial sewing machine.

    Soft top

    Two layers of fabric, stitched by hand and tensioned to the millimetre.

  5. FriFriday

    The finished Typ 1 on a winding mountain road above Lake Constance.

    Sign-off drive

    Up the Pfänder and back. Top down, whatever the weather.

Portrait of Jana Riedle in the workshop.

Signed.

Every Typ 1 carries the signature of the person who built it, under the front bonnet.

Jana RiedleVehicle builder since 2021

Studio

Your Typ 1.

Five colours, one roof. A good roadster needs no more decisions than that.

Your price

€109,000

incl. VAT and delivery to your door

LUFT Typ 1 in Seeglas, side view, roof open.
LUFT Typ 1 in Seeglas, side view, roof closed.
LUFT Typ 1 in Kreide, side view, roof open.
LUFT Typ 1 in Kreide, side view, roof closed.
LUFT Typ 1 in Kiesel, side view, roof open.
LUFT Typ 1 in Kiesel, side view, roof closed.
LUFT Typ 1 in Nachtsee, side view, roof open.
LUFT Typ 1 in Nachtsee, side view, roof closed.
LUFT Typ 1 in Raps, side view, roof open.
LUFT Typ 1 in Raps, side view, roof closed.
Paint

Mint-silver metallic. Our house colour.

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Build code

T1-SEEGLAS-OFFEN
Reserve this build

€1,000 deposit, refundable at any time.

Ownership

Buy it, lease it or simply drive it.

from€109,000

Incl. VAT. Delivery to your door included.

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Several Typ 1 cars under pale fabric covers in a calm, tall hall.
  • 01

    Test drive at your door

    90 minutes, no strings. We bring the Typ 1 to you.

  • 02

    Pick-up and return

    For servicing we collect it and bring it back washed.

  • 03

    8-year battery warranty

    Or 160,000 km. At least 70 % capacity, in writing.

  • 04

    Winter quarters

    From November to March it stays with us: dry, charged and tucked in.

All services
  • Over-the-air software updates
  • Charging card for more than 600,000 points across Europe
  • Courtesy car for every workshop visit
  • Soft-top care once a year
  • Seasonal drives with other Typ 1 owners

Voices

What people are hearing.

  • “I thought I was buying a car. What I bought were my Sundays back.”

    Portrait of Miriam Kessler
    Miriam KesslerRavensburg · Typ 1 no. 0087, Kiesel

  • “For the first time I can hear my daughter laughing while I drive. And the blackbirds.”

    Portrait of Tobias Wendt
    Tobias WendtLindau · Typ 1 no. 0112, Seeglas

  • “I watched the wedding on Wednesday. I am an engineer, and I was moved.”

    Portrait of Hans-Peter Lorenz
    Hans-Peter LorenzStuttgart · Typ 1 no. 0131, Nachtsee

Voices and people are fictional.

Test drive

Clear the air.

We bring the Typ 1 to you. 90 minutes, no strings and in almost any weather.

From Manufaktur Friedrichshafen
When
Your Typ 1 Seeglas · Open change

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