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Every day this week we'll look back on a number of memorable classics as the calendar runs to 2014, and each day will be devoted to cars from a country of origin Yesterday we took a look at 10 most memorable classic British cars that we've seen this year - all of MG RV8 an Aston Martin Today we remember our favorite classic German cars 2013.
- Not quite a car, but was nevertheless very classic this 1961 Mercedes-Benz O 321 H bus at some point in his career the shuttle around the Swiss national hockey team Then, the diesel bus was transformed into an impressive house engine, complete with six standard bus seats, a bathroom, a kitchen and a large shelf packages a little motor This bus was presented on Bring a tape back ad in 2012 in Switzerland, and he received a mechanical work after being brought to the states we had the chance to ride on all bus shortly before it is sent on sale at Bonhams Quail Lodge in Monterey.
- We saw a lot of classic Mercedes-Benz cuts this year, but few as strong air that 280SE 3 May 1971 This example has only 39,930 miles on it when we saw back in September, but she had the air almost new inside and out, and that painting was immaculate 280SE May 3 cut begin to make more money at auction, and these small cars really a time when Mercedes-Benz cars were passed as objects from generation to generation family these large cuts still radiate a lot of old world charm, and it was a real treat to see this example.
It s for German cars Tomorrow we will be taking a look at some American classics that we have seen this year.
The DKW Junior deLuxe is an excellent example of the first German car postwar Photo Jay Ramey.
Let's put it this way The 1962 DKW Junior deLuxe is not a car that you often see on our shores The small sedan front-wheel drive went into production in 1957, and introduced design elements much larger cars and more US the two -stroke engine gives the sound of a Japanese motorcycle, and they have a re fun to drive a slow car fast so so a rare example of a rare model, just before Auto Union became part of VW - you will notice the four rings on the grille This example belongs to Steve Sears, who throughout Canada for the range E34 Carlisle import of cars was pretty impressive back in the day Photo of Jay Ramey.
BMW M division wasn t the only one to make hot versions of the E34 5-series, made between 1988 and 1995 German tuning house Alpina also released their own versions, using the 535i and 540i models as starting points While B10 Alpina May 3 wasn t the higher would be the B10 Biturbo, it still produces 251 hp to 360 hp Very little BMW 5 series by Alpina cars did to our shores, but Canada is the 15-year rule for private imports attracted carefully guarded Alpinas Japan, which was one of the major markets overseas for the BMW performance is always a pleasure to see one of these cars, and not just because they were about the single sedans time that could remove these stickers correctly We saw this for example Carlisle import capacity has been a decade in advance of their time as the car made its debut picture of Jay Ramey.
Director John Frankenheimer like the Mercedes-Benz 450SEL June 9 so he included Ronin 1996 film, although the car itself was 20 years late by that point or was it the W116 generation SEL September 6th packed a massive V8 engine under the hood, and although his handling was a little hazy by the standards of the 1990s, the large SEL was still an impressive car in every area and it was a real pleasure to see this example in 1979 with only 7133 miles on the odometer exactly 7133 miles, and it really seemed like a new car inside and outside you will notice that this example is European style-spec shades and we are always happy to see well-maintained 1970s Benzes, but we doubt we'll ever see a W116 sedan that strong.
Jay Ramey - Jay Ramey is Associate Editor Autoweek, and has been with the magazine since 2013 Jay also like to kayak and bike More by this author.
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