The latest issue 53-1/2016 of SwissClassics Revue is back on newsstands and in subscribers' letterboxes. Topics such as Bernhard Russi's farmer's Ferrari, a driving instructor's own design and stories about decommissioned army vehicles make for an interesting and varied first issue of the year.
Bernhard Russi's farmer's Ferrari
The Subaru 1600 4WD certainly owes its sales success to its qualities - but also to the clever marketing strategy and the choice of a Swiss ski star as brand ambassador. "Finally, a real all-purpose car", beams Olympic downhill skiing champion Bernhard Russi in the TV commercial, ushering in a new chapter in the motorization of the Swiss.
Fancy a classic suitable for everyday use for the whole family? The Volvo 240 and its 6-cylinder counterpart, the 260, offer plenty of space, robustness and safety for little money. But even Swedish steel can rust...
"Hill climb on the flat"
The automobile slalom, like the hill climb, has been part of the Swiss motorsport scene since the circuit ban of 1955. While chicanes were used to slow down all the fast passages on the racetracks, the slalom has tended to become faster over the years.
With the deregistered classic car in the dry garage, the time comes again when you can refresh your memories with a trip to the car museum. Which ones are there, and where are they? And above all: what are they showing? SwissClassics set out to find out and now presents an initial inventory.
Rediscovered dream car
Aircraft mechanic Ernst Dill from Basel fulfilled a childhood dream: in the 1950s, he built his own two-seater roadster with a mother-in-law's seat based on a pre-war DKW F2. His daughter Liliana only knew the car from the family album and set off on a year-long search. With success. Today, the long-lost one-off is back in the family's possession and has even experts puzzled.
Swiss army vehicles are mercilessly decommissioned after their often long but not particularly torturous life in this country and are usually sold to the highest bidder. But who buys them, collects them, has mercy, a need or any other good idea? Swiss Classic Revue investigated the question and came across some interesting stories.
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