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Small saloon lion - Neckar Jagst 770 Riviera in the (historical) test

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Created on July 18, 1962

Reading time 6min

Written by:

Claudio Corona

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Neckar Jagst 770 Riviera (1963) - das bei Vignale karossierte Coupé am Autosalon von Brüssel im Januar 1961

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Neckar Jagst 770 Riviera (1962) - wie aus einer LImousine ein attraktives Coupé wird

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Neckar Jagst 770 Riviera (1962) - bis 140 km/h reicht der Tacho, was ziemlich übertrieben erscheint

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Neckar Jagst 770 Riviera (1962) - der serienmässig belassene Motor reicht nicht für sportliche Fahrleistungen

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Neckar Jagst 770 Riviera (1962) - kein Platz für Gepäck im "Kofferraum"

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NSU-Fiat Jagst 770 Riviere (1961) - Karosserie von Vignale, gezeigt im Herbst 1961 an der IAA in Frankfurt

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NSU-Fiat Jagst 770 Riviera (1961) - als Coupé, Karosserie von Vignale

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NSU-Fiat Jagst 770 Riviera (1961) - mit Cabriolet-Karosserie von Vignale, gezeigt an der IAA in Frankfurt im Herbst 1961

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NSU-Fiat Jagst 770 Riviera (1961) - als Cabriolet, Karosserie von Vignale

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Neckar Jagst 770 Riviera (1962) - das Cabriolet von Vignale mit aufgespanntem Dach

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Summary

With the Jagst 770 Riviera, Neckar-Automobilwerke offered a lot of style for little money. Although the small coupé based on the Fiat 600 was not exactly fast or particularly practical, it was all the more elegant for it. You could also put a "genuine" Vignale, i.e. one built by the master himself, in your garage for little money. This report reproduces the wording of the 'hobby' test, describes the strengths and weaknesses of the little beauty and shows it in historical photos.

This article contains the following chapters

From Vignale exclusively for Neckar
Awkward entry and controls in a confined space
It also slowly draws attention to itself
A question of price is a question of price
Big name, small money
Technical profile

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When I was recently strolling along the highway between Frankfurt and Cologne at "tourist speed" with a friend from Italy, we were suddenly overtaken by a small speedster, the sight of which literally knocked my Italian friend off his seat: "Incredibile, questa piccola vettura! E tedesca?" It was really difficult to get Giorgio to understand that it was a Fiat. "Impossibile, that's quite impossible," he exclaimed, "I know all Fiats and their "Abarthen" too, that's definitely not a Fiat!" Giorgio was right, and I was just as right, because the car was actually a "Jagst" from Neckar-Automobilwerke in Heilbronn with an original Vignale body. If Giorgio, as a Fiat connoisseur, didn't know the car, it was because this body was produced by Vignale exclusively for Neckar-Automobilwerke.

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