Little Winter-ready
Many automotive dream is probably only in 1:18 or less still really fulfilled - well, two of these dreams were fulfilled me for Christmas. Interesting but is also the background of these models ...
The first new addition to the Mercedes-Benz 300S Cabriolet A (W188) from 1952 to 1955 in 1:18 Welly.
The W188 was then still with the conventional S-Class and was technically and visually with the 'Adenauer Mercedes', the W186 used. The vehicle is powered by a 3-liter inline six-cylinder with 150 hp. A normal Mercedes that time had only one-third to more than half of that performance! So the W188 could be accelerated on time massive 176 km / h. If today does not create a small car, all talk of "underpowered" ... whether his conservative body design is the car compared to the legendary 300 SL largely unknown.
The Welly model I was until recently completely unknown to the manufacturer's website, the model is hard to find. Wrongly, because this is a standard not only for Welly price levels were very successful model.
The second addition is then true of absolute luxury. A Mercedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster (W29), as it was built from 1934 to 1936, implemented by Maisto.
was powered with the 500K from a 5-liter in-line eight-cylinder compressor. This powerful engine brings the car for that time enormous 160 hp and a top speed of 160 km / h. In Rear of the car, there are two auxiliary seats, which are about as safe as the outside to hold on to a bus - from sports challenges to reach into them quite apart. Alternatively, put together the luggage in the same place at the top of the vehicle. The car looks and not only huge, it is long: about 5.2 m for only two seats without a trunk are quite decadent. The purchase price is then adjusted for inflation and converted about 100,000 €.
Maisto, the vehicle has practically implemented in exactly the form in which it is at the Mercedes-Benz Museum - in bright red with light beige interior and without a visually annoying deck. General hardly resembles a W29 the other, even the white version of Maisto deviates even slightly: The official car of an Indian Maharajah of two other cars with spare tires out on the front fenders.
one disadvantage shared by both cars but in any case: they are for the current weather was not really ideal. ;)
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The Chinese! Really?
The last days I was - primarily to create a whole new set of Wikipedia articles - one deals with Chinese cars. This course also meet a number of statements on sales and assessments of the Chinese market.
First you have to understand that foreign manufacturers China can not even build a plant, but need a domestic partner who owns the work de jure. Alternatively, you can import the cars with exorbitant tariffs. This model is not new, with only its size is unusual: virtually every well-known manufacturers in China with such a partner at work. And these also dominate the market.
Chinese tend to buy notchback sedan with a little under 4.5 m in length. "Above all," you mean that in a normal month, the 10 top-selling models throughout this class come together and prepare them for about 2 / 3 of the total sales make up - all other vehicles are so marginal. According does the offer: Many manufacturers have two or even three models of this size (usually the current Western, the immediate predecessor and a minimally modernized model of a really high class of 20-30 years ago
that Chinese cars in crash tests in other countries. regularly get a swatter (which here actually came to Europe, nor subject to the Elite!) in China is well known. Most Chinese manufacturers airbags for the driver still belong to the special equipment and whether the car has ABS, you should be better . check on ESP or any new-fangled helpers you need not think, I know the only vehicle in to which the ESP at least optionally specifies the Emgrand EC8 ...
Due to the large income differences - of people who are rich in the Western sense to people close to or below the absolute poverty line, China has everything - there are cars in large number of price categories. The Chinese manufacturer serving primarily the bottom thereof. The above-mentioned Emgrand is already one of the first attempts by a Chinese manufacturer directly and not just on price to compete with brands such as Chevrolet. The manufacturer, Geely has in this case but settled three other models priced below: The Geely MK, which is priced and sometimes visually resembles a Dacia Logan, the Geely CK, which has the special "honor" to have a time to get in South America, conducted crash tests according to EuroNCAP criteria 0 out of 5 stars and models of the brand Maple, who were swept in Chile by tightened security criteria from the market and their attempt to introduce similar in Slovenia ended - where then is the security of luck, so far as the clover leaf as a logo fits well.
Since there is little more expensive and quality domestic cars and they could build accordingly, no trust of the customers who buy Chinese if they can somehow afford it, foreign brands. The irony of history, it will in such a way that just Volkswagen's most successful brand in China. Further, the GM brands Buick and Chevrolet and Hyundai and Kia from South Korea.
Chinese cars, however, continue to develop, so that models are like those of Riich Emgrand or the brand of Chery so slow at least into the vicinity of the lower price range in Europe. Only in case of models that meet our safety requirements, it is with the price cutter just over too ...
The last days I was - primarily to create a whole new set of Wikipedia articles - one deals with Chinese cars. This course also meet a number of statements on sales and assessments of the Chinese market.
First you have to understand that foreign manufacturers China can not even build a plant, but need a domestic partner who owns the work de jure. Alternatively, you can import the cars with exorbitant tariffs. This model is not new, with only its size is unusual: virtually every well-known manufacturers in China with such a partner at work. And these also dominate the market.
Chinese tend to buy notchback sedan with a little under 4.5 m in length. "Above all," you mean that in a normal month, the 10 top-selling models throughout this class come together and prepare them for about 2 / 3 of the total sales make up - all other vehicles are so marginal. According does the offer: Many manufacturers have two or even three models of this size (usually the current Western, the immediate predecessor and a minimally modernized model of a really high class of 20-30 years ago
that Chinese cars in crash tests in other countries. regularly get a swatter (which here actually came to Europe, nor subject to the Elite!) in China is well known. Most Chinese manufacturers airbags for the driver still belong to the special equipment and whether the car has ABS, you should be better . check on ESP or any new-fangled helpers you need not think, I know the only vehicle in to which the ESP at least optionally specifies the Emgrand EC8 ...
Due to the large income differences - of people who are rich in the Western sense to people close to or below the absolute poverty line, China has everything - there are cars in large number of price categories. The Chinese manufacturer serving primarily the bottom thereof. The above-mentioned Emgrand is already one of the first attempts by a Chinese manufacturer directly and not just on price to compete with brands such as Chevrolet. The manufacturer, Geely has in this case but settled three other models priced below: The Geely MK, which is priced and sometimes visually resembles a Dacia Logan, the Geely CK, which has the special "honor" to have a time to get in South America, conducted crash tests according to EuroNCAP criteria 0 out of 5 stars and models of the brand Maple, who were swept in Chile by tightened security criteria from the market and their attempt to introduce similar in Slovenia ended - where then is the security of luck, so far as the clover leaf as a logo fits well.
Since there is little more expensive and quality domestic cars and they could build accordingly, no trust of the customers who buy Chinese if they can somehow afford it, foreign brands. The irony of history, it will in such a way that just Volkswagen's most successful brand in China. Further, the GM brands Buick and Chevrolet and Hyundai and Kia from South Korea.
Chinese cars, however, continue to develop, so that models are like those of Riich Emgrand or the brand of Chery so slow at least into the vicinity of the lower price range in Europe. Only in case of models that meet our safety requirements, it is with the price cutter just over too ...
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