The name Goliath was given by Carl Borgward to his small three-wheeled commercial vehicles, very popular in pre-war Germany. In 1931 a touring model was obtained from this platform, and took the name of Goliath Pionier: it was a small two-stroke single-cylinder rear-engined coupe, built in about 4000 units. With one wheel and an additional cylinder, the Pionier became the Hansa 400, then the 500. The name Goliath returned to the market in 1950 with a light front-wheel drive, equipped with a two-stroke twin cylinder. In 1953 it was the first production car also available with direct injection, a solution later abandoned for the 1100 model (4-cylinder, four-stroke). The latter model was renamed Hansa in 1958.