In the 3rd issue 2018 of Oldtimer Markt, we learn interesting facts about the Porsche 928, MG prototype Ex 234, Lancia Astura Spider Colli, BMW E30 and many more. There are also stories about the streamlined racing car, the worst car of all time and other gems of knowledge.
"It won't shoot!" - Porsche 928
"It doesn't shoot," Ferry Porsche is said to have said in 1977 after the first drive. A sentence that expresses the lifelong dilemma of the 928. It had been developed with enormous effort, but always lacked one thing: the killer instinct of its little brother, the 911.
No Future - MG prototype Ex 234
The popular roadsters from sports car manufacturer MG once rolled out of the hallowed halls in Abingdon like bulk goods. The masters of the company were clearly not worried about the future. But far from it, as the EX 234 prototype shows ...
Sport instead of luxury - Lancia Astura Spider Colli
Pope Pius XII, King Vittorio Emanuele III, II Duce Benito Mussolini and numerous captains of industry drove Lancia Astura. A single example of the eight-cylinder narrow-angle V was fitted with a cross-flow head and a body for motorsport, but the Second World War thwarted its sporting success.
Wrecked - BMW E30 restored
When emotion meets pragmatism, the result can be a fully restored BMW - used exclusively as a winter car ...
Wind games - streamlined racing cars
Racing car designers always aim to make their cars not only stronger and lighter, but also more aerodynamic. One measure was popular in the fifties: the full fairing. However, the streamlining of formula racing cars had a whole host of disadvantages as well as advantages.
The dirty dozen
Pack your recovery belts: a small group of VW bus fans have their own ideas about a dignified trip into the countryside. Their playground is the dark Ardennes forests.
The worst car of all time - 500 kilometers in a 300-euro Yugo
First the Japanese, then the Yugoslavs. The Yugo GV was the second Pearl Harbor for America. A national trauma that was never dealt with. Oldtimer Markt buys a Yugo that has been standing outside for eight years to traumatize itself.
