In the 10th edition of Oldtimer Markt, we learn interesting facts about the 70th anniversary of Ferrari, the 50th anniversary of AMG and much more. We also tell the stories of a Grégoire 16/24 CV, the Opel Manta A Cabriolet and Andreas Rennertz.
70 years of Ferrari - time travel in an early twelve-cylinder car
No other brand has a following comparable to that of Ferrari. Why is that? We got to the bottom of the origins of the legend and drove a real time capsule to mark the 70th anniversary of the brand with the prancing horse - a 166 MM Barchetta Touring from 1950, probably the most original car from Ferrari's early days.
50 years of AMG - Yellow Mauritius
50 years ago, a small engineering office opened in Burgstall near Stuttgart. Nobody suspected that it would one day become known as AMG. Oldtimer Markt documents the beginnings of the Swabian Mercedes tuner - based on a very rare Mercedes 350 SE with original AMG genes.
"Drive that bloody thing!" - A Grégoire 16/24 CV redefines distances
Keith just wanted to drive the thing. This 1911 Grégoire, which he put around 130,000 kilometers on the speedometer in almost three decades. The eventful history of a car over a hundred years old from an almost lost factory.
VW T1 Samba VS. Dodge A 108 - Greenhouses in a duel: 23-window Samba against A108 with 25 windows
The air-cooled original or the 210 hp US interpretation of a front-wheel-drive transporter with a V8 engine? Two surfer's dreams in a duel.
Opel Manta A Cabriolet - Karmann one-off with five lives
Karmann not only dressed up various Volkswagens, but also cut up an Opel Manta A. The prototype survived five total losses - Carsten Dietrich Brink rebuilt it three times.
This Manta A convertible survived four accidents and the famous Munich Hagensturm. An open-top Manta? Nobody would have taken on the hard work for a hand-knitted creation or a professional conversion from the late 1980s - but they would have for this one-off from Karmann.
Sternmotor freak - 18 cylinders, 54 liters, 3700 hp, 14,000 parts: Andreas Rennertz' radial engine
Why does someone get an eight-cylinder Curtiss-Wright radial engine running that makes any Ferrari V12 look simple? Because he wants to be able to...
Andreas Rennertz has a soft spot for old things, and a vintage Mercedes, for example, has long enriched his fleet. For him, the radial engine is all about nostalgia, the incomparable sound and getting to grips with the insanely complex technology.
