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The new 230 SL sports car, quickly named “Pagoda” because of the shape of its hardtop, was a multi-talented car. It easily replaced the predecessor 190 SL. But it wasn’t a successor to the famous 300 SL. There was still a gap. The new SL should be a sports two-seater with high performance, optimal handling and high ...
With the introduction of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow at the end of 1965, the manufacturer of luxury cars entered the modern era. It took some time until a coupé and a convertible were on offer again. The automobile exhibition 1967 in Frankfurt (Germany) set the stage for the Drophead Coupé by Mulliner Park Ward. The ...
The BMW 327 was, next to the 328 Roadster, THE BMW icon of the 1930s. It’s initial release in the winter of 1937 wasn’t well timed but when a model with 80 PS got introduced in 1938, demand grew rapidly. A solid 1,124 cars of this model were built and its last release was in Hamburg (Germany) in May 1941. The BMW 327 ...
Porsche had been super successful with the 356 sports car so in 1960 the company already had 1,250 employees and revenue over 100 million DM. The ongoing development of the 356 B which was built from 1959 to 1963 had been perfected. Our Porsche 356 B 1600 Super Coupé was delivered to the US but has been in Germany ...
It is not a well-known fact that two Germans, Siegfried Bettmann and Mauritz Johann Schulte founded the New Triumph Cycle Co. Ltd. in 1887 in Coventry. They made their first car in 1923, at the time named the Type 10/20. In the 1930s, Triumph made a name for itself with well-equipped, sporty mid-range cars. It competed ...
The model XK 120, introduced in 1948 caused a sensation for Jaguar. Its success with the roadster, cabriolet and coupe models, especially in the US, filled the company’s coffers. This allowed Jaguar to continuously improve the sports car. From the XK 140 to the XK150, the technically most advanced series. The most prominent ...
MG Car Company was known for almost 30 years for their conservative and robust Roadster. The MGA was intended to be a new beginning, at the top of the alphabet but also from a model perspective. The conservative fan community was irritated at first but soon realized the advantages of the "newbie", for instance a powerful ...
The year 1983 didn't bring any significant changes for Porsche, aside from the 911 Convertible sensation! Finally, 18 years after production of the 356 Covertible ended, a new convertible was introduced! The Porsche community was ecstatic and quickly demand surpassed that of the Targa.The new convertible of the first production ...
At the International Motorshow in Frankfurt/Germany in April 1951, the sensational new “big Mercedes”, the model 300, was presented next to the 220, the new upper middle class model. Experts agreed that this was worldclass! Naturally, luxurious special body versions were available and the 4-door convertible D was a ...
Mercedes-Benz’ fabulously elegant coupés and convertibles originated in the models 220 SEb. The 300 SE, 250 SE and 280 SE showed subtle but continuous development. At the "Internationalen Automobil Ausstellung" (IAA) at Frankfurt/Germany in 1969 you could find the well known but a bit dated special body types combined ...
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One of Porsche’s strength were the continuous, year over year updates. Since the introduction of the 911 series in 1964 with the 2-liter engine and 120 HP, the Porsche 911 S 2.4 with 190 HP became the fastest German car to date in 1972 reaching over 230 km/h. The model S came with a front spoiler to reduce lift. Our ...
With the W 108 series Mercedes-Benz launched the modern era of the upper middle class in car manufacturing. Visually very different from its predecessor series W 111 with its distinctive tail fin, the starter model 250 S had a representative and elegant body but the technical changes were limited: the vehicle body platform ...
Ever since the mid-60s the Bentley brand lost market share against the more successful Rolls-Royce. In 1981, in the first full production year of the Bentley Mulsanne and the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit only 151 Bentley were sold while Rolls-Royce sold a total of 3,014 cars! The reasons were to be found in the similar technology ...
