Apal
(1960 - 2010)
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The Belgian company Apal was founded in 1960, offering a sleek sports coupé with Volkswagen or Porsche mechanics from 1961. However, the Liège-based plastics manufacturer became really well known with its buggies and Formula Vee monoposti from the mid-sixties onwards. By then, almost 150 of the sports coupés had been produced. This vehicle report tells the story of the development of the first Apal sports car design and shows the car in current and historical pictures, as well as in the original sales literature of the time.
With roaring engines, the lower cars line up on the starting line. The wide straight of the new Hockenheim Motodrom lies ahead of us. The starter raises the flag, 10 seconds to go, 5,4,3,2,1 - start! In 1966, Hobby magazine drove a series of Formula Vee racing cars and described their design principles and driving impressions.
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VW Apal Buggy - Urban Buggy-ing
When the buggy wave spread to Europe towards the end of the 1960s, local companies seized the opportunity and developed their own kit variants. Among the most successful buggy manufacturers in Europe was the Belgian company Apal, which came up with different variants, including the classic Buggy C and L, available for shortened and standard VW Beetle chassis. But how does a 1970s buggy fare today in the modern urban jungle? Better than you might think, as the extensively illustrated driving report shows.
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