The new issue of AutoBild Klassik recently hit the newsstands. Many interesting topics invite you to take a look inside the magazine.
Who will take you to cloud nine? - Dream convertibles from 10,000 euros
Yesterday's expensive dream convertibles are often surprisingly affordable today. In this report, we compare six charming heaven-stormers, from the tough roadster to the gentle connoisseur's gondola. The ten cars analyzed in detail are a Mercedes SL 320 (R 129) built in 1998, a Porsche 968 Cabrio built in 1992, a Wiesmann MF 25-4 built in 1993, a Qvale Mangusta built in 2000, a Cadillac Allanté built in 1988 and a Jaguar XK8 Cabriolet built in 1999.
The secret prototypes - How VW wanted to save air cooling
Volkswagen had developed around 70 potential successors to the Beetle by the time the Golf appeared - but none of them ever went into series production. This story of technology, business and politics, of vanity, misadventures and intrigue tells why not. Around two handfuls of these 70 prototypes have survived, and they tell the story of many a drama that took place behind the scenes at VW.
Wanted: The sportiest Opel
Opel power used to be synonymous with lots of horsepower in all vehicle classes. We take to the track once again with ten Opels from four decades. Kadett B Rallye, Commodore GS/E, Manta A GT/E, Kadett C GT/E and Manta B 400 in a comparison test on the racetrack
Who collects Mitsubishi? - Why Matthias Lang from the Allgäu fills a riding arena with cars
From model cars to silver spoons and Pajeros: Matthias Lang from the Allgäu region is 39 and has been collecting everything bearing the three Mitsubishi diamonds for 15 years. In 2015, he opened Europe's only Mitsubishi exhibition here in Engelpolz.
Grand tour through the north - the most beautiful scenes from the Hamburg-Berlin-Klassik classic car rally
Anyone who drives the Hamburg-Berlin Classic experiences more in three days than some people do in a year. This time: a low-level flight through northern German history. The tenth Hamburg-Berlin-Klassik once again brought together 180 classic and vintage cars, each one so beautiful or bizarre or exciting that you don't even know which one you want to drive around first.
Buying a car in the USA - it all depends on the area
Who still wants to go to America today? Car buyers, of course! Because no other country in the world offers so many crazy classics. But it also offers simple quality and complicated bureaucracy, long distances and high costs. Importing can be worthwhile for all models that are not available here, in too small a selection or only in poor condition - regardless of whether they are brands from the USA, Europe or Japan.
How to detect counterfeits - searching for clues with acid, magnets, X-rays and books
The year of manufacture in the papers is often a lie, the identity of a classic car forged. Two experts want to uncover this - using forensic methods. FSP Classic Competene expert Fabian Erbrecht and his colleague Sebastian Hoffmann want to use scientific analysis methods to track down criminal car forgers.
Autostadt Hamburg - No car factory, but the highest density of classic cars
They built vans here. Almost no passenger cars. Nevertheless, Hamburg is Germany's classic car capital. 1.28 percent of all cars in Hamburg have an H-mark, compared to just 0.83 percent across Germany. How can that be?
The last Carrera Panamericana - the dramatic end of a legend
Cars full of power, drivers full of adrenaline, roads full of potholes: the last Carrera Panamericana pushed everyone to their limits - and many to their deaths. Boyd Harnell was there as a photographer and now tells us what it was really like.
