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Voilà, a car - Test Goggomobil

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Created in 1955

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Günther Gebhardt

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Goggomobil (1955) - An unlikely pair - the tester and his victim, the Goggomobil. They will form a close friendship

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Goggomobil (1955) - The front seats in the chassis are almost exactly level with the center of gravity - plenty of freedom of movement in the tiny vehicle

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Goggomobil (1955) - frame made of profiled sheet steel and as flat as a board

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Goggomobil (1955) - The two-cylinder rear engine has two exhaust silencers, differential and gearbox are in one block

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Goggomobil (1955) - Fully loaded, the Goggomobil loses surprisingly little of its remarkable temperament - large and comfortable doors

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Summary

In 1955, hobby tester Günther Gebhardt received the new Goggomobil and was told to break it. He did not succeed, on the contrary, he was really enthusiastic about the little car. The refreshed test almost summarizes the findings and shows some pictures of the interior of the Goggomobil.

This article contains the following chapters

An astonishing amount of space
Low weight
Simple operation
Powerful engine
Great road holding and brakes
Mini luxury vehicle
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Car names often have the strangest 'godparents'. Do you actually know why the Mercedes is called Mercedes? I'm sure there won't be too many of our hobby readers who know the story of the daughter of the Austrian consul Jelineck, whose first name Mercedes, in conjunction with the great Karl Benz, became a global brand on the automobile market. I had to think of this story when I first became acquainted with the'Goggomobil'. Certainly, the name Goggo has long since spread all over Germany on scooter bikes. But the fact that the nickname of the grandson of Hans Glas, the original senior boss of the Isaria agricultural machinery factory deep in Lower Bavaria, would now also become a generic term for a new type of small car is truly something of a 'career'.

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