Tempo car company was based in Hamburg-Harburg Germany producing vehicles between 1928 and 1966. 80" LHD Series I CKD kits were supplied by Land Rover under licence to allow Tempo to supply vehicles for the German boarder patrol. Herbert Vidal and Son of Hamburg supplied the body and the doors using sheet-steel.

Lockers were built into the front of each wing described as toolboxes. A third toolbox was located on the bonnet, the vehicle had 2 seats in the front with 2 rear benches each seating two persons. The spear wheel was located on the tailgate of the vehicle, they had folding roofs, a rear radio mast and most were fitted with a heating system.

The production figure for the 80" models is either 100 or 178 the records from the time are patchy. The CKD kits delivered changed along with the developments at the UK parent factory. 150 LHD 86" CKD kits were supplied, the vehicles produced on this chasis were revised. These have the spare wheel located on the bonnet replacing the third toolbox (or maybe on top of it). Other changes were 2 fuel tanks fitted in the rear, underneath the passenger seats, MG-Carriage mountings between the front seats and a jerry can fitted to the rear tailgate.

A lot of effort and money want into promoting the vehicle to the civilian market I have been unable to find details of these vehicles, except that the spare wheel was carried inside the tailgate. Due to the lack of civilian interest Tempo-Landrover production was ended. The last vehicles built were 88" series II prototypes of which only 2 are thought to have been produced.

Tempo built a range of they own vehicles including light vans, 4x4's and 3-wheelers. Under an agreement made in the 1940's Indian company Bajaj-Tempo produced 3-wheeler vehicles based on the Tempo design. Today the 3-wheeled vehicles are produced by the same Indian company under the new corporate name of Force Motors, Force is the biggest producer of 3-wheeled vehicles globally. To the left is a 1941 Tempo A400, to the right in a 2006 Minidor pick-up produced by Force Motors keeping a little bit of Tempo alive.