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Motor-Kritik-Testbuch: Reprint der Originale von 1938 und 1939 - 108 Auto- und Motorradtests
In the pre-war period, Motor-Kritik was THE specialist magazine for technically interested car and motorcycle drivers. Until he had to vacate his post during the Nazi era, the editor-in-chief was Josef Ganz, the legendary designer, advocate of light and safe cars and designer of the "Volkswagen" called the May Beetle. However, Motor-Kritik also continued to provide its readers with extraordinarily thorough car and motorcycle tests.
In this volume you will find a reprint of the two large test books that appeared shortly before the Second World War. This has resulted in a unique reference work in which you will find all the technical data, consumption and comparison values, prices and driving reports for the common four- and two-wheelers of the late 1930s.
There are a total of 108 test cards, as well as information about the magazine, about editor-in-chief Ganz and about the car and motorcycle scene of those days. A treasure trove not only for fans and connoisseurs - the Motor-Kritik test book is both a contemporary document and a unique collection of data.
Product details
Author:
Josef Ganz
Details:
264 pages, 26.5 x 17.5 x 2.7 cm / 10.4 x 6.9 x 1.06 in, hardback
Illustrations:
380 photos and drawings
Publisher:
Heel-Verlag GmbH (D, 2015)
ISBN:
9783958431522
Motor-Kritik-Testbuch: Reprint der Originale von 1938 und 1939 - 108 Auto- und Motorradtests
Although motorcycle construction experienced its first boom at the beginning of the 20th century, motorcycles only slowly began to establish themselves in the military during the First World War. In the Weimar Republic, the Reichswehr increasingly commissioned motorcycle rifle units on heavy motorcycles. It was not until 1938 that BMW and Zündapp began developing so-called super-heavy motorcycles with low-range gears, reverse gear and sidecar drive. After the war, two-stroke engines were mainly used.
In this volume, Frank Rönicke documents the development of German military motorcycles since 1905.
Motorräder: Die wichtigsten deutschen Typen von den Anfängen bis heute
"The thing stinks and rattles and drives itself, " wrote a newspaper in 1885. It was Gottlieb Daimler's wooden frame motorcycle, which went down in history as the world's first motorcycle. At the time, no one could have guessed what a fascinating development it would set in motion. The author traces the history of the motorized two-wheeler using the most important German motorcycles.
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