Who is the fastest? Parade of production sports cars from 1959
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Summary
In 1959, the range of sports cars on offer was still quite limited. The magazine 'hobby' counted around 30 models and the comparison fitted onto just a few magazine pages. The author Werner Oswald saw the reason for the comparatively small number of models on offer in the transition to self-supporting bodies and the need for rationalization. This report reproduces the original wording of the article at the time and shows the vehicles mentioned in over 170 archive photos as well as in many original sales brochures
This article contains the following chapters
- From the versatility of the pre-war years to the standardized model era
- The driving skills and not the body shape determine sportiness
- More or less sports car
- Compromises are difficult
- Around 30 models on the German sports car market
- Attractive coupés up to 8000 DM
- Strong competition
- The sporty ones around 10,000 DM
- Real sports cars
- The exclusives march on
- The most expensive and the fastest
- The sports car as an expensive extra sausage
- Comparison of 28 sports cars from 1959
Estimated reading time: 8min
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In the past, every type of passenger car was supplied in a wide variety of body designs. There were two- and four-door saloons, coupés, convertibles of various types, open two- and four-seaters - many bodies that are no longer known today. The best-known Mercedes models of the 1930s, for example, were available in ten and even more standard body styles, and even with a cheap small car like the 4/20 hp Opel from 1930, the buyer could still choose from four models, as this car was available as an open two-seater (2300 RM), a two-seater convertible (2450 RM), an open four-seater (2800 RM) and a saloon (3200 RM)!
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