Pocket Ferrari from Dingolfing - Goggomobil Isar S35
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In 1959, Glas presented the Goggomobil Isar S35 Coupé on its stand at the IAA. The magazine 'hobby' was given the opportunity to test a pre-production vehicle and was very positive about the small sports car with its good handling. Unfortunately, the Isar S35 never made it into series production, so this test report has a special historical value. This article reproduces the original wording of the test, supplemented by the illustrations from the time.
This article contains the following chapters
- Test drive with the prototype
- The small Goggo coupé as a basis
- As cheap as possible
- Complete and pleasingly equipped
- Two-cylinder four-stroke boxer for the little rocket
- Amazingly comfortable and safe
- Agile and unrivaled value for money
- Technical profile
Estimated reading time: 7min
Preview (beginning of the article)
I was never allowed to drive a Tornax sports car, which so many young car enthusiasts dreamed of in my student days. But so that I would at least be spared such omissions later on, a kind fate allowed me to become a tester. And so it was that I was recently allowed to drive the Isar S 35 sports coupé on Lower Bavarian mountain and valley roads - in a car that practically does not yet exist. Although you could already see the Isar S 35 at the Frankfurt Motor Show and, with a bit of luck, even test drive it, it will not go into series production until this spring. Until then, master craftsman Zettler, a full-throttle experimenter at the rapidly growing small car factory in Dingolfing, intends to tweak it from front to back. Carburetion, steering geometry, brakes, gear ratios, seating position, equipment details and other points are on his agenda.
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