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...]
Bond Cars
This history article is about another successful microcar manufacturer of the 1950s and 1960s – Bond Cars or Sharps Commercials as they were originally called. Lawrence Bond formed the company in 1948 in the north of England – a hotbed of microcars with Reliant and Peel amongst other manufacturers up in the same part of the world. Bond formed the company because he wanted to … [Read more...]
Lloyd Cars (Germany)
Lloyd cars were built in Bremen, Germany in two periods – 1908-1929 and 1950-1963. They had no connection with the British car company of the same name and possibly had no connection with Wales – Lloyd being a common Welsh surname. However, the company was founded as a subsidiary of NordDeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd in English), which was founded in 1856 and named after … [Read more...]