The Bobby-Car™ was first produced in 1972 in Fürth and Burghaslach by the BIG Company.
The toy car was designed for children around the age of two and has four wheels. The children can sit on it like on a motorcycle and by swinging the legs move the car. The name “Bobby-Car” is protected of course.
Bobby-Car©flickr/kogakure
After the death of Ernst A. Bettag , the inventor of the Bobby-Car, the Simba Dickie Group bought the company and is still producing Bobby-Cars. Today several accessories such as light running tyres or trailers are available. Originally the car was only produced in red but now is available also in different colours as well as in different models like police cars or tow trucks. Even special editions were produced that resembled well known German cars produced by Mercedes-Benz, Audi or Volkswagen.
As the body of the Bobby-Car is strong enough to carry an adult even races like soap box derbies are held. Because of the high speed the axles of course have to be modified and to increase the weight the bodies of the car are filled with concrete. The speed record was set on 28 April 2003 by Mario Fischer of the Bobby-Car Club Coburg who achieved a speed of 108.2 km/h.
Today lovers of Bobby-Cars even supply the cars with engines. The bodies of the cars will be set on a solid frame and small engines of for example power saws are used. The small toy cars have a top speed of about 85 km/h.
