sold between 1931 and 1934. Nevertheless, after ten years of economic gloom, in 1933 economic recovery was already in sight, and government moves to stimulate the economy included the abolition of car tax. By 1934 the minimalist approach of the three-wheeled microcars was no longer favoured by the German car market. The company's next small car, the Hansa 400 built from September 1933, came with four wheels, a two-cylinder engine and at least 12 PS of claimed engine power.

In 1933 Borgward derived