Classic Car News
90 years of Mazda automotive engineering: with innovation, sometimes against the tide
Products, Car Culture
In 1931, Mazda entered the motor vehicle production business and immediately began to turn the Japanese commercial vehicle market upside down. The company, which had been founded eleven years earlier by Jujiro Matsuda, also made a name for itself in the decades that followed as an inventive and courageous car manufacturer that liked to break with convention and, despite or precisely because of this, set trends. The revival of the roadster in the form of the Mazda MX-5 is just the latest example…
Porsche mourns the death of Eberhard Mahle (obituary)
Car Culture, Motorsport
The Porsche company mourns the loss of Eberhard Mahle. The former racing driver passed away on December 21, 2021 at the age of 88. Mahle became European champion in 1966, and Porsche owed him the first international title in a Porsche 911 …
Production of the DKW Munga off-road vehicle began 65 years ago
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A Geländewagen was developed at Auto Union from 1953, and from December 1956 the all-wheel-drive two-stroke three-cylinder DKW, which was later called the "Munga", was manufactured at the Ingolstadt plant …
How Benz invented the delivery van with combustion engine 125 years ago
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The story began 125 years ago with the premiere of the Benz delivery van, the world's first van with an internal combustion engine. The drive unit was located under the loading area and the driver was enthroned high above the front axle. Although developed and built in Germany, it was primarily the neighboring country to the west that initially acquired a taste for the innovation.
Memorial 100 years of the Klausen Race on August 6, 2022
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For the 100th anniversary of the legendary Klausen race, there will be no new edition of the hill climb, but there will be a memorial with show rides on August 6, 2022. You can already register now …
The Classic Days move from Schloss Dyck to Düsseldorf in 2022
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You can't actually believe it. The Schloss Dyck Classic Days are history; they will no longer take place. But there is hope, because from 2022 the “Classic Days” are to be held in Düsseldorf again, the date has already been announced. On August 5-7, 2022, the big classic party will take place for the first time at the Düsseldorf exhibition grounds …
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