Paul Mihalka Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1085484&icid=autos_947>1=22008 A beauty! My great grandmother had a chauffeur driven Horch 4 door sedan. I rode in it as a kid. Sorry if this sounds like a bit of bragging or something, but it's simply history. Mr. Horch had to sell his company including the usage of his name. So he founded a new car company and called it AUDI. "horch" in German means "listen", and Audi is about the same in Latin. Audi became one of the 4 brands that formed Auto Union, with Horch, Wanderer and DKW. Link to comment
Kathy R Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 What pleasure and memory you must have of such an experience. My Dad had a fully restored 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster (16 valve) and I often wished I'd known what it was like in it's day. The Horch, at Pebble Beach, is spectacular. Thanks for sharing, Paul. Link to comment
Huzband Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Pretty car! That's like saying to your best friend, on a 1098R Bayliss, "nice bike". Link to comment
Hermes Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1085484&icid=autos_947>1=22008 Audi became one of the 4 brands that formed Auto Union, with Horch, Wanderer and DKW. Paul, I remember a car in the 50tees called a Borgwart. It was a beautiful car, looked sporty and also came in cabriolet version. Wonder what happened to that company? Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 "Paul, I remember a car in the 50tees called a Borgwart. It was a beautiful car, looked sporty and also came in cabriolet version. Wonder what happened to that company?" You should not have asked me that question. Borgward was a old time German car brand, before WW II under the name of Hansa. It was owned and directed by Mr. Borgward. After WW II they had a very successful model, The Borgward Isabella. It came in a sporty two-door four-seater and the convertible. Very pretty and fast for it's times. Later the factory failed in Germany, was purchased and exported to Mexico where they built a few years, then they closed. I had a four-seater. It was my every-day car and I also raced it. It was very competitive against the Alfa Romeo Guliettas and other 1500/1600 cc cars. I had some good successes winning my categories. The end was sad. On a long distance three day highway race in Venezuela I went off the road probably doing a couple of sommersaults over the nose. My co-driver was very badly hurt but recuperated after a few month. I didn't need a bandaid. In the same spot after our accident (cars were started one by one a minute apart) a AC Bristol left the road, turned over, and both occupants died. The Borgward in nice shape: After my flying exercise: Link to comment
Kathy R Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Wow Paul! Thanks for asking Jurgen! Link to comment
artig Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 It's only a few months since I met a very well-kept Borgward Isabella on a local road. I knew what it was as it approached, but couldn't really believe my eyes. It could well be the one on this photo. A good friend of mine back in the 1960s had a Lloyd, which was another of the cars from the Hansa-Lloyd group. A few years ago he bought an old one with plans to restore it, but never got around to it, and sold it again to a collector. Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 Arne, Thanks for the picture of the Borgward, that is exactly the car and color that I had. I suggest to everybody to not only look at the linked Borgward picture, browse the picture stream it is in. Very interesting! Link to comment
doc47 Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 That Horch: magnificent. The thirties produced the most beautiful automobiles ever (IMnotsoHO). Pierce Arrow, Duesenberg, Isotta, Bugatti, the lovely little 36 Bentley two-seater, even Buick and Packard. Lord, they were beautiful! Link to comment
doc47 Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Paul, in the pic of your wrecked car, is that a Lotus Elite next to it? Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 Paul, in the pic of your wrecked car, is that a Lotus Elite next to it? Nope. A AC Bristol with a modified nose. Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 Was the Horch FWD? No, Horch were rear wheel drive and direct competition to the larger Mercedes Benz. Link to comment
Hermes Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Wow, Thanks for the pics Paul and for the explanation. Yes I thought the Borgwart was quite advanced for is time and the cabriolet was a looker. As a teenager, I remember they just faded away. Link to comment
Hermes Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 btw Paul, for some reason I think Horch also had a motorcycle, true or false? Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 btw Paul, for some reason I think Horch also had a motorcycle, true or false? I don't remember ever reading about or seeing a Horch motorcycle. May be you think of HOREX, which was a popular German bike. Link to comment
Hermes Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I must be mistaken, btw I rode a Horex Regina and my brother had the rare Horex Imperator. Here is an interesting site for Horch diecast models, feast on it! http://www.diecastcars.tv/index.php?cPath=86 Also, a very comprehensive write uo on the history of Audi: http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/makeHistory/12,16284/Audi_History.aspx Link to comment
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