Category Archives: German Cars

The Volkswagen Type 3

Posted on November 5, 2009 by admin

After the Type 1 (the Beetle) and the Type 2 (the Transporter) Volkswagen produced the Type 3. The basics and the wheel base of the Volkswagen 1500/1600 were identical to the Beetle. The engine was an improved Beetle flat engine … Continue reading →

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The Volkswagen Beetle

Posted on November 3, 2009 by admin

After having passed the driving test in 1982, I really hated to drive my mum’s old Beetle. For some reason I always managed to kill the engine and sometimes wasn’t even able to start the car again. Today I’d be … Continue reading →

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The Volkswagen K 70

Posted on October 28, 2009 by admin

The K 70 was originally designed to be the new mid-size car of NSU, as the cars of the Prinz series were too small and the Ro 80 to outlandish for the NSU customers. One year before the Ro 80 … Continue reading →

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The Heinkel Trojan Bubblecar

Posted on October 14, 2009 by admin

When Ernst Heinkel first saw the Isetta in Italy in March 1954, he wanted to build a car to compete with it. Back in Germany his design engineers designed a car and the first design drawings were shown in May … Continue reading →

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The Bulli

Posted on October 6, 2009 by admin

Until 2007 Bulli was the unofficial name of the Volkswagen Transporter. In 2007 the Kaessbohrer company sold the rights to the name to Volkswagen. The T1 was the first of the T-series and produced from 1950 to 1967. First in … Continue reading →

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Royal, Isar, Isard T700

Posted on September 28, 2009 by admin

A story of the Glas Isar, Isard or Royal. One car, but different names for different countries. Almost 87,000 of the ‘Large Goggomobil’ were produced between 1958 and 1965. A little more than 14,000 of the models were station wagons, … Continue reading →

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Porsche Classic

Posted on September 27, 2009 by admin

As about 70% of all Porsche cars, that have ever been produced, are still on the roads, Porsche Classic in Stuttgart, Germany has a worldwide distribution not only of classic car parts. Continue reading →

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