Auto Motor Klassiek number 10 is available in stores from today. Also in this issue we have quite a bit in store for the reader. 148 pages thick, packed with short and longer articles, news, tips, vintage cars for sale and much more.
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Downsizing is all from now. Even with BMW, which has been continuously building six-cylinder six-cylinder models for over 80 years, the six-in-line models are being replaced by smaller four-cylinder turbochargers. To see how bad that is, we put a legendary four-cylinder next to an equally unforgettable six-cylinder. Wins the Turbo 2002 the of the 323?
After Land Rover entered a completely new market in 1970 with the majestic Range Rover, Solihull engineers found it difficult to find a suitable replacement. But in 1994 it was finally there: the Range Rover 4.6 HSE came on the market.
The Steyr Puch Haflingers are both miniscule fully-fledged off-road vehicles and tool carriers. A kind of 'Unimogs Light'. We were visiting Vincent Merts for the second time, after he finally - after 28 years - the Steyr Puch Haflinger from his youth from the attic.
In the early 1980s, the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer, Honda, launched a motorcycle that hit the ground like a bomb. Of course, the newcomer had everything that suited a Honda, but he was also extremely cheap. The Honda MB-80 was born as a result of changed driving license rules in the rest of Europe.
NSU RO 80: Excuse me? Can we use that Audi slogan unashamedly to open this story? True and true, because NSU was the first to use it for the Ro 80, on behalf of the parent company and that connection proved to be no empty cry. Too bad that misunderstandings about reliability overshadow that. Let's just put the truth on the table.
The phenomenon of kitcar is almost as old as the car itself. In the early years of the last century, it was very common for car builders to supply a bare chassis with engine and powertrain that the customer could then finish (or have finished) to his own liking.
BSA M20: In the meantime, we are growing again into new enemy images. But the end of WWII brought people to the idea of 'Never More War'. Of the people who have experienced the war and liberation less and less are left. But their material remains.
Cadillac de Ville 1965: Tjip van der Veen (58) from Surhuizum, the love for old-timers, emerged in 1981. The then construction crisis gave this plumber a lot of free time at that time. When a colleague pointed out to him a few old cars, he decided to buy one himself.
Exactly thirty years ago Seat introduced the Ibiza. Yet this was not just a launch of a new model; with the Ibiza showed SEAT also that it was determined to continue as an independent brand in a heavily fought market. They called in the help of the Germans for this.
The international Wartburg meeting took place for the 15 time in Eisenach. Why Eisenach? Because here in East and West Germany the Wartburg factory stood here.
Excalibur: After some murmur, the replica of a real, expensive and special classic is almost accepted.
1970 Cadillac NART Zagato: Luigi Chinetti had a lot of prestige in the American car scene, especially after he had won a Ferrari in Le Mans.
For many of us, the summer vacation is still in our head as a somewhat fresh memory. Many people have visited the most beautiful places by plane. The die-hards naturally left with a classic. And those die-hards, yes, they were allowed to participate in the August competition of Auto Motor Klassiek on the now almost 30.000 fans Facebook page.
With tens of thousands at the same time, the MG enthusiasts ensured that the 90e birthday of the Octagonal brand did not go unnoticed. From all over the world the people flocked to the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. With MG. Remarkable was the respectable number of Chinese people who suddenly (?) Seem to have fallen in love with the now Chinese brand. All in all this became it greatest MG of all time.
Once the big advantage was drum brakes that it only took a small amount of force on the brake pedal to work properly. The old trusted drums are still used. This is because they are cheap to produce and last a long time.
This year for the 55 time again, the Rallye Wartburg, one of the more famous Rallys of Germany driven through the beautiful Thuringer Wald in the surroundings of the Wartburg city of Eisenach.