Hansa Windspiel 1937
THE ELUSIVE WINDSPIEL At the 1937 Berlin Automobilaustellung (Exhibition) the firm of Hansa, since 1931 under the control of industrialist Carl FW Borgward, showed a stunningly revolutionary car...
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LLOYD DRIVERS ON THE ROAD by Eugen K. Schwarz Translated from Fahr mit LLOYD, a Lloyd Mororenwerke publication from August 1958, kindly provided by Ray Harrison. The racy style makes this article...
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THE BORGWARD GROUP’S POST-WAR MODELS BORGWARD: Immediately after the War, the Borgward factory began production of a range of trucks. At that time the British occupation forces still intended that...
View ArticleThe stillborn new Isabella
THE ALL-NEW ISABELLA WAS BUILT FROM 1964-1972, AND NOBODY NOTICED. (A tantalising but very plausible theory) When the Isabella was released in June 1954, it was one of the most attractive and modern...
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Borgward’s Masterpiece – the Isabella Coupé Frau Borgward insisted on a normal home-life, and cars and business were not allowed to be discussed on weekends. On Sunday afternoons, however, she...
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THE ALL-NEW ISABELLA – WHAT WOULD IT HAVE BEEN LIKE? In his book „Kaisen und Borgward“ (1), Georg Schmidt, a long-time friend of the Borgward family, reports on an interview about the dirty...
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Elisabeth Weckmann 80th Birthday
Happy 80th Birthday Elisabeth Weckmann It was 30 years ago when my mother first told the story about the Borgward Isabella she travelled in during her youth. What prompted this was my having...
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