Defunct German Car Brands (1): Borgward

[@jeffking4176]

Very interesting. Borgward is a brand that little is known, especially here in the States. [ I had always “prided “myself in knowing about car brands, even as a kid, ] But I had no idea they actually Imported them here, nor did I know about the bankruptcy, [ only that they went into bankruptcy]. And never knew they were produced in Central/South America. The Isabella , especially the coupe , I always thought an absolutely GORGEOUS car. [ I also enjoyed the other two videos , Lloyd, and Goliath]. Informative, and enjoyable. Also well spoken (( and NO horrible AI voice❗️)) I have subscribed. 🚗🙂

[@simonvancoevorden295]

Loving this series! So sad about Borgward . Brilliant cars , very popular in the Netherlands when I was a kid.

[@toddbonin6926]

I love the Borgward!

[@Bort_86]

Thanks, algorithm! Can’t wait for the Volkswagen-Episode, hehe.

[@maerchenonkel71]

Volkswagen had managed to pull itself out of trouble when they were nearly bankrupt after having stuck too long with the air-cooled rear-engined rear-wheel-drive cars, albeit with the help of another struggling carmaker with up-to-date products - Audi. Maybe they will soon find an advanced but struggling Chinese carmaker that they can exploit to update their own model range like they did with Audi.

[@Bort_86]

@ yeah, I was just joking due to the current situation of them.

[@BobAbc0815]

Didnt Borgward work on one of the Leopard I Prototypes?

[@wbrenne]

There were three consortia that developed different designs. Consortium A consisted of Porsche, Atlas-MaK, Luther Works and Jung-Jungenthal, Consortium B consisted of Ruhrstahl, Rheinstahl-Hanomag and Rheinstahl-Henschel, and consortium C consisted of Borgward. However, Borgward never built a prototype, lagging behind the other consortia in terms of progress. The ministry of defense found the Borgward design to be too risky, so further development was stopped after the bankruptcy of the Borgward group. Four prototypers were built based on the designs of consortia A and B and tested in Germany and France. Based on these, consortia A and B developed a joint prototype II, but consortium B dropped out after making two prototypes II due to technical and financial issues. Only consortium A led by Porsche remained.