A Mythical GT

So there I was, in northwestern Connecticut as usual, on a glorious Labor Day weekend, surrounded by fabulous cars and great friends. The Lime Rock […]

The Rise of the Type 3

In the late 1950s, VW determined that they needed a somewhat larger sedan to compliment the Beetle and Karmann Ghia, and to compete with more […]

MZ Gelandesport

Although the basics of MZ as a motorcycle manufacturer in the former East Germany have been covered here before (see MuZings) , it is time now […]

Bauer

Baur came late to the motorcycle business, introducing its first model in 1936. However, like many others, they were producing bicycles prior to that since […]

A Most Important Failure

What are some of the hallmarks of modern Audis? Front wheel drive on larger sedans, odd numbers of cylinders, etc. Well many of those attributes […]

Opel Kapitan A

Your eyes do not deceive you….This is a popular German sedan from the 1960s. In 1964 Opel introduced a trio of models on a new […]

DKW RT250

The DKW RT 250 was a single cylinder model introduced at the Frankfurt motorcycle exhibition in 1951. It was the larger displacement version of the […]

Porsche Targa

In September of 1965 at the Frankfurt Auto Show, Porsche introduced the Targa variation of the 911, but it took over a year for the […]

Express Radex

Express Werke was a turn of the century (19th into 20th) bicycle manufacturer. They soon branched into motor tricycles as well as gasoline and electric […]

Chapman’s Trophys

Although predominately a blog for German Marques, there are certain British brands that have always had a strong appeal. Regular readers will be aware of […]

Stoye

Walter Stoye founded the company that bears his name in Liepzig in 1925. The primary focus was sidecars, but the company did also produce trailers […]

Alpina

Although Alpina was not founded until the 1960s, its roots go back to Typewriters and industrial equipment just like many other German manufacturers. in 1965 […]

Goebel

Karl Goebel began as a producer of bicycle frames in 1937 in Bielefeld. It was bad timing as World War II broke out a few […]

Porsche HLS

A great story about a Porsche which never made it. This was an engineering project to create a racing coupe with a “folding” roof.  We […]

Zundapp K800

The early 1930s found Zundapp struggling at just 5% of the market share and with little in the way of exciting products. Their engineering prowess […]

The Icon Revisited

In a former post, I celebrated the iconic shape of the 911 that has endured for decades ( see Shaping An Icon http://classicvelocity.com/broadcast-central/2012/11/11/shaping-an-icon.html ). This video proves […]

Anker

The Bielefeld region was a rich center of industry in the late 19th century, and gave birth to several industrial manufacturers that turned into motorcycle […]