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Glas Goggomobil

August 26, 2019 by sjw Leave a Comment

This article is about the Goggomobil microcar – famous in Australia for being featured in television advertisements for telecoms and car insurance – the same actor but different cars were used. The Goggomobil was originally built in Germany by Hans Glas GmbH owned by the Isaria company, which was the main company owned by the Glas family. Like many manufacturers, Glas … [Read more...]

Veritas

August 4, 2019 by sjw Leave a Comment

This history article is about a German manufacturer from the 1940s who like several surviving manufacturers used a Latin word for their name. Veritas means “Truth” in Latin. The company was not related to another German company with the same name who made tyres for a while and specialises in machine components - and who still exist today. The first incarnation of the Veritas … [Read more...]

The Quandt Family

August 3, 2019 by sjw Leave a Comment

It’s probable that the only people who know who the Quandt family are, are BMW aficionados! The Quandt family saved BMW from a fate that befell many other manufacturers: either bankruptcy or acquisition and brand suppression. The family are one of the richest in Europe and are the masters of keeping under the radar - they do not air their dirty laundry (if they have any) and … [Read more...]

BMW Self Driving Consortium

June 27, 2019 by sjw Leave a Comment

Over the last few weeks, Motoring Weekly has been publishing articles about the companies behind the scenes of autonomous vehicle development. Most are unknown to the general public, however this article covers a name that everyone knows about: BMW. Firstly though, it is important to define what “autonomous” means and the levels of autonomy that the industry has agreed on - … [Read more...]

German Study Finds Electric Cars are not Emission Free

June 6, 2019 by sjw Leave a Comment

I suppose we have been waiting for this type of study to be released. Thanks to several cities announcing that they will ban all carbon-fuelled vehicles within 15 years and the VW “Dieselgate” scandal where emissions were found to be higher in real world usage than the testing suggested - Motoring Weekly has written many articles on this - electric cars have become the next … [Read more...]

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Veritas

The Veritas marque was founded as a way to manufacture racing cars in Germany at a time when that country was banned from international motorsport. It was a short-lived exercise.

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