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r000 Carl F.W. 19XX Borgward Make was a Model driven, successful industrialist who would
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
eventually build over a million vehicles and be the third largest German
offered without reserve
automobile manufacturer. The factory in Bremen was 80% destroyed
during the war, but recovery was quick and the determined industrialist
set up his company in three divisions, Borgward, Goliath, and Lloyd,
in order to receive triple the material rations. In 1949, Borgward
introduced the first German-produced car, the Hansa 1500, a full-size
sedan featuring the latest pontoon-style fenders.
Wanting to provide a vehicle for every class,
Borgward saw a need for an inexpensive,
economical sedan, and he, himself, drew the
lines of the new car, which was a smaller version
of the Hansa. Instead of steel, though, the body
would be made of weight-saving plywood. It
was a sensation at the 1950 Motor Show, being
the cheapest car on the market with a roof, so
the press named it “the civilised solution to the
small car problem.” The car was produced as
a sedan (limousine), coupe, and station wagon
(Kombi). This remarkable car is one of the very
few examples that have survived with its wooden
bodywork intact, and it is completely original
and unmolested throughout.
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