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{{Infobox automobile
| name = CWS T-1
| image = CWS T-1 torpedo (replika) w Gdańsku.JPG
| caption = CWS T-1 Torpedo replica.
| manufacturer = [[Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe]] (Central Automobile Workshop)
| aka =
| production = 1927/1928-1931/1932
| model_years =
| assembly =
| designer = Tadeusz Tański & Stanisław Panczakiewicz
| class =
| body_style =Saloon
| layout =4 door
| platform =
| related =
| engine = 182 cu. in. 
| transmission = 4 speed manual with reverse
| propulsion = 4 cylinder petrol
| wheelbase = {{cvt|NNNN|mm|in|1}}
| length = 3.4 m
| width = 1.4 m
| height = {{cvt|NNNN|mm|in|1}}
| weight = 1150 kg<ref>{{cite web | url=https://classiccarcatalogue.com/CWS_1930.html | title=CWS 1930 }}</ref>
| predecessor =
| successor =
| sp = us
}}

[[Image:CwsT1 torpedo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|CWS T-1 ''Torpedo'']]
[[Image:CwsT1 kareta.jpg|thumb|right|200px|CWS T-1 ''Kareta'']]
The '''CWS T-1''' was the first serially-built [[car]] manufactured in [[Poland]].  A series of different cars based on the T-1 [[chassis]] designed by [[Tadeusz Tański]] (hence T-1) of the [[Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe]] (hence CWS), with the body developed by [[Stanisław Panczakiewicz]].<ref name="culture_pl">https://culture.pl/en/article/the-father-of-polish-aviation-his-car-designer-son</ref> it was the only motor car that could be completely dismantled and put together again with one tool, since all its screws and bolts had the same diameter (though you did need a screwdriver for the spark plugs).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.timer.pl/cws.html |title=Samochód CWS T-1 |publisher=old.timer.pl |date=2003-08-07 |accessdate=2016-12-07}}</ref><ref name="culture_pl" />

In 1927 serial production for CWS T-1 started.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jacobs|first=A. J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtgoDwAAQBAJ&dq=CWS+T-1+car&pg=PA36|title=Automotive FDI in Emerging Europe: Shifting Locales in the Motor Vehicle Industry|date=2017-06-19|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-40786-3|pages=36|language=en}}</ref>

Although the car was designed in 1922, it was not until 1925 the prototype tests were completed. Between 1925 and 1932 approximately 800 CWS T-1 and T-1 variants were produced. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://motocyklista.eu/portfolio/wynalazcy-tadeusz-tanski/ | title=Wynalazcy – Tadeusz Tański – Motocyklista }}</ref> 

Among them were:
* [[Torpedo (car)|Torpedo]] (open-top)
* Kareta ([[Hardtop]])
* Berlina ([[Sedan (automobile)|Sedan]])
* [[Cabriolet (automobile)|Cabriolet]] (in fact a [[semi-convertible]])
* Pick-up
* Van

In 1930, the CWS works were absorbed by the Polish state-controlled industrial giant [[PZInż]], yet the production was continued under the previous name.<ref name="autohistories_org">https://autohistories.org/cws/index.html</ref> However, in 1932, a license for the [[Polski Fiat]] was purchased from [[Italy]] as the Fiat was cheaper to produce and the parent company of CWS did not have mass-production capabilities.<ref name="autohistories_org" /><ref name="culture_pl" />
 
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