Development history of the famous Borgward RS

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Development history of the famous Borgward RS

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Created on November 1, 1989

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Hans W. Mayer

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Borgward 1500 RS (1957) - taken at the Gaisberg Race 2009

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Borgward RS (1952) - Montehéry 1952, record-breaking car

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Borgward 1500 RS (1957) - at the Gaisberg race 2008

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Borgward 1500 RS (1957) - Interior of the car, taken at the Gaisberg Race 2008

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Borgward 1500 RS (1957) - Next to a Devin-TR at the Gaisberg Race 2008

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Borgward RS (1955) - racing sports car with Brudes at the wheel, behind him H. H. Hartmann

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Borgward RS (1956) - The new 1.5 liter racing sports car

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Borgward RS (1956) - Fr. Jüller, demonstration at Hockenheim in July 1978

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Borgward RS (1954) - The Borgward RS 1954 presented itself with modified bodywork

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Borgward RS (1958) - Fritz Jüttner on Borgward RS at the airfield race in Vienna-Aspern in May 1958

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Borgward RS (1953) - Axle suspension, suspension, brakes

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Borgward RS (1953) - The 1500cc racing engine

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Borgward RS (1959) - Borgward test department in Bremen

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Borgward RS (1956) - The engine of the new 1.5 liter Borgward racing sports car

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Borgward RS (1959) - Borgward gets a facelift

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Borgward RS (1959) - Engine front view with camshafts and crankshaft

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Borgward RS (1958) - Borgward RS from 1958 in stripped condition

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Borgward 1500 RS (1958) - Advertising for Borgward

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Borgward RS (1952) - Montehéry 1952, Rekordwagen

Borgward 1500 RS (1957) - am Gaisberg Rennen 2008

Borgward 1500 RS (1957) - Interieur des Wagens, aufgenommen am Gaisberg Rennen 2008

Summary

When, around 50 years ago, in the late fall of 1959, a Cooper-Borgward won the Formula 2 one-make world championship, it was primarily thanks to an outstanding engine that had not even reached its peak performance at the time. This article reports on its "CV".

This article contains the following chapters

The "Inka type"
Own design
With fuel injection
With a British partner
Development history of the Borgward RS engine
Technical data of the Borgward 1500 RS 1958

Estimated reading time: 7min

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When, around 50 years ago, in the late fall of 1959, a Cooper-Borgward won the Formula 2 one-make world championship, it was primarily thanks to an outstanding engine that had not even reached its peak performance at the time. It all began with a chance meeting between Carl F. W. Borgward and August Momberger, former sports manager at Wanderer and then designer at Auto Union, at the Geneva Motor Show in 1949. The two talked shop at length about the Hansa 1500, the first German car with a pontoon body, which was on the Borgward stand. Finally, they agreed that Borgward would provide Momberger's company "Inka" (Ingenieur - Konstruktions - Arbeitsgemeinschaft) with a Hansa 1500 chassis and engine for record drives to demonstrate the performance of the new model.

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Borgward RS (1952) - Montehéry 1952, Rekordwagen

Borgward 1500 RS (1957) - am Gaisberg Rennen 2008

Borgward 1500 RS (1957) - Interieur des Wagens, aufgenommen am Gaisberg Rennen 2008

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