German GTs

• Coupe 2+2 seats.
• Front engine - rear drive.
• V8 5.3 Liters, 1 ACT, 230 hp DIN @4700rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: Top speed: 230 kph
• 975 Kgs.
• Production 395

The Astra developed by Opel and designed by Frua had to be the great sporting dream of the lightning brand. The latter was part of the General Motors. GM did not tolerate a competitor of the corvette, a product of his group, the project was canceled and Erich Bitter profited from the essential technical studies to produce at a small expense a sportsman suitable for the American market as in Europe. This combination of the very tough American V8 Opel and the Italian style was not a new idea, since Monteverdi, Bizzarini, Iso Rivolta, Intermecanicca, or Facel-Vega used the Yankee mechanical stock in the early 1960s. And luxurious, this car came too late to escape the economic crisis resulting from the first oil shock, and production became scarce until it stopped in 1979. It did not resume until 5 years later.

• Cabriolet 2 seats.
• Front transverse engine - rear transmission.
• 6 cyl. inline, 3,8 Litres, 1 ACT, 210hp @5100rpm, Torque 2683 mm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 11 sec.; Top speed: 225 Kph
• 1300 Kgs.
• Length: 4200mm Width: 1850mm Height: 1400mm Wheelbase: mm

After the brilliant CD, and the eruption of the oil crisis, Erich Bitter was forced to adopt the mechanics of the Opel Senator after the production of the Diplomat ceased. But the affair is bad. Losing two cylinders and the resulting power, the new SC (based one the Opel Senator) struggled to convince. First is the coupe in 1979 (461 built), followed by the Convertible (22), and 5 Sedan. by the Straddling the two continents, this bodybuilder succeeded in relaunching the production of the SC in 1985. The car adopts a style rather angular but much less successful than that of the CD. In addition, installed in the USA and counting mainly on this market, he gave this car plastic bumpers of a questionable effect for a vehicle of this range and standing. The 1998 Series III, also convertible, will be corrected at this level in order to reconcile the European market. For the rest, their 6-cylinder combined with a heavy weight allows them an honest top speed, but nothing truly sporty. They lose in the case their back seats. The SC, soon backed up by the 4-door berlina, are comfortable coupes and convertibles, large high-end roads.

• Sedan 4 seats.
• Front enline engine - rear transmission.
• V8, 16 valves 4 Liters, 2 ACT, 272 hp DIN@5000rpm, 393NM @3300rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 7 sec.; Top speed: 250 Kph
• 1700 Kgs.
• Length: 5080mm Width: 1765mm Height: 1400mm Wheelbase: 2700mm

Erich Bitter's latest design, this aerodynamic sedan, is more sporty than the Opel Diplomat. Race, lower, wider and lighter, the Berlina known at its inception as the "diplomat" (1989), its production began in 1990 under the name of Bitter Limousine, with a plush interior and a 4-liter V8 capable of It will be redesigned in 1995 to adapt to the new high-end Opel, the Omega. It is added its V6 less polluting, doubled a turbo for good measure. With the latter, it boasts 280hp and sports sedan pedigree. But Erich Bitter will not be heard again in 1998. No sedan, no convertible will leave the factory..

• Coupe 2 seats.
• Front enline engine - rear transmission.
• 4 Cyl., 8 valves 1,5 Liters, 1 ACT, 80 hp DIN@5000rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 11 sec.; Top speed: 160 Kph
• 800? Kgs.
• Length: mm Width: mm Height: mm Wheelbase: mm
• Production: 200,000

Named after Mrs. Borgward, the Isabella was the absolute best seller of the brand. Carl FW Borgward has been mass-producing three-wheeled vehicles since the mid-1920s, and in the late 1930s he bought Hansa-Lloyd, launching the Hansa 1100 and the 1700. The last 2300 model in 1939 was sold only to a very few copies, Borgward having to reconvert his factory for tank production. Despite the destruction of the factory in 1944, the new Hansa is presented the following year. But it was in 1953 that his first model stamped "Borgward" comes out of the factory.

This coupe will soon beat speed records. In 1953 the more civilized "Sport" 1800 cm3 is still one of the most performing sportscar of the Country. Porsches in race are threatened by Borgward 1500s. Finally in 1957, the first "granturismo" is presented. This is the Isabella, which unlike other models would be produced in mass, about 200 000 copies, until 1961 when about thirty cabriolets emerged, now priceless colectors. But the policy of the group, comprising three distinctly managed brands, Hansa, Lloyd and Borgward, as well as the development of record models, will result in bankruptcy by 1961.

• 2 seats berlinetta
• Rear central engine - rear transmission.
• Flat 6, 24 valves 3 Liters, 1 ACT, 2 Turbos 670 hp DIN@7700rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 2.8 sec.; Top speed: 390 Kph
• 980 Kgs.
• Length: 4700mm Width: 1900mm Height: 1100mm Wheelbase: 2800mm
• Production: 50

The Porsche 962 of competition was one of the most noble winners by being five times victorious in Le Mans, between 1982 and 1987. This car was then, via the auctions, to reach as much as possible the museums and private collections and at worst ... the break. Former rider and owner Jochen Dauer has therefore decided to offer them a second life by adapting them to the road. A challenge mostly to adapt the seats and a cockpit more attractive and much more comfortable than those of origin. For a GT of this price, leather upholstery and thick woolen floor mats were not too much, nor was the soundproofing and above all the air conditioning of the cockpit.

(In the middle of the race, the Flat-six can carry the temperature of the passenger compartment at 45°...) The rest of the modifications concern the hull, equipped with safety accessories essential to its putting on road, and redone entirely in carbon, Adapted to the original chassis. Finally, the engine was slightly "bridled" in order to make less acceleration its accelerations than usually endured by the fighter pilots. Since the "series" of conversions has been launched, 50 homologated models have emerged and found buyers, becoming in their time the fastest GTs in the world. world; Their only competitor being the Koenig C62 based on a ... Porsche 962..

• Coupe 2+2 seats.
• Front engine - rear transmission.
• 6 inline, 8 valves 1.7 Liters, 1 ACT, 105 hp DIN@6000rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 10 sec.; Top speed: 185 Kph
• 800 Kgs.
• Length: mm Width: mm Height: mm Wheelbase: mm
• Production: 1802

Hans Glas is taking advantage of the strong demand for economic cars from post-war Germany to reconvert its agricultural machinery factory into a car factory. Known first for his Goggo mass scooter from 1951 to 1955, he presents the Goggomobil, one of the most famous popular models of that time, proverbial ugliness and minimalist road behavior. It was two-seater 350-400 Kgs. In fiberglass with 2-stroke twin-cylinder engines ranging from 247 to 395 cc. Progressively equipped with more and more voluntary engines, the series would go to flat twin-cylinder tumbled from 600 to 700 cm3 until 1969. Produced with 300,000 copies, it was no longer sold because of the considerable increase in power The purchase of the population. To succeed him, Hans Glas designed from 1964 sports cars with 1.3-liter 4-cylinder engines yielding 85 hp. (376 examples), whose fiberglass bodywork was signed by Pietro Frua, who became the author of the following models, the 1600 GT (1967) and the V8 (1966). From 1965, the model evolved in 1700 GT by the graft of the same 4-cylinder brought to 1.7 liters.

• Coupe 2 seats.
• Rear longit. engine - rear transmission.
• V12, 48 valves 6 Liters, 2 ACT, 408 hp DIN@5000rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 4.8 sec.; Top speed: 354 Kph
• 1480 Kgs.
• Length: 4665mm Width: 1885mm Height: 1040mm Wheelbase: mm

The design and engineering office ISDERA, with the symbol of Aigle, created to enhance its know-how two exceptional sports in the very modern style. The third to come out after the Imperatore Anguleuse, was the bio-design Commendatore. Nowadays always produced in very small series, it is a very powerful model, which received recently a V12 group prepared by AMG of 550cv.

• Coupe 2 seats.
• Rear long. engine - rear transmission.
• V8, 32 valves 5 Liters, 2 ACT, 330 hp DIN@5000rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 5.8 sec.; Top speed: 292 Kph
• 1410 Kgs.
• Length: 4220mm Width: 1835mm Height: 1135mm; Wheelbase: mm

The design and engineering office ISDERA, with the symbol of Eagle, created to enhance its know-how and gusto for exceptional sportscars in a very modern style. The first was the spyder, unveiled in 1987, with lines still very "Bertonian" and excellent performances. Equipped with a rear center V6 from Mercedes-Benz, this spyder with a spoiler behind the seats which served as an aerodynamic roll bar and a small windscreen, was limited to a weight of 970 Kgs allowing its V6 24-valve 3-liter to deliver 231cv. It went from 0 to 100 kph in 6.4 seconds and reached 262 kph without difficulty. The Imperator coupe unveiled two years later was clearly better equipped but also larger and heavier. It was then, for Isdera, the supreme quest for performance.

• Cabriolet 2 seats.
• Front transverse engine - rear transmission.
• V8, 32 valves 5 Liters, 2 ACT, 500 hp DIN@6500rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 4.2 sec.; Top speed: 300 Kph
• 1250 Kgs.
• Length: mm Width: mm Height: mm Wheelbase: mm

Horst Keinath, known since the 80s as Tuner and Opel preparer. Its success led it in 1997 to present a roadster of its manufacture, with fiberglass body inspired by the Opel GT, and a hardtop manual retractable roof. All the mechanics and the parts come of course from the manufacturer to the lightning. This roadster was available in two engines, 136 and 300 hp on the GT/R. In 2001, appeared, restyled by Edag, a coupé GT / C, declined since 2002 in roadster. This time the engines are much more mordant, the choice being made between a V6 GM 3.2 liters and a V8 Mercedes 5 liters.

• Berlinetta 2 seats.
• Rear Longit. engine - rear transmission.
• Flat 6, 24 valves 6 Liters, 2 ACT, 580 hp DIN@7800rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 3.9 sec.; Top speed: 360 Kph
• 1200 Kgs.
• Length: mm Width: mm Height: mm Wheelbase: mm

Nothing for now, except that it is a berlinette derived closely from the Porsche 960, winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans in the 90s.

• Berlinetta 2 seats.
• Rear longit. engine - rear transmission.
• V8, 32 valves 5 Liters, 2 ACT, 380 hp DIN@6800rpm
• Performances: 0-100 Kph: 4.8 sec.; Top speed: 280 Kph
• 1300 Kgs.
• Length: mm Width: mm Height: mm Wheelbase: mm

Conceived by Speed ​​+ Sport, a tuning and racing organization, the Kodiak was a high-performance, butterfly-winged berlinette with the first version of a 320hp V8 Chevrolet and a Mercedes V8 of 240hp, Passed later to 380 in AMG version.