Beautiful: Borgward Isabella | Drive it!

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  • Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
  • The Borgward Isabella remains a captivating sight. The charming name was not dreamt up by marketing men, however. When test versions were to be sent out on the road, the team gave the car a code name - and it stuck. Reinhard Hamacher immediately fell for the charms of the Isabella. For many years he longed for one: But not anymore.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 27

  • @ipaddress305
    @ipaddress305 7 років тому +9

    What a beautiful machine. Elegant simplicity.

  • @vmat1000
    @vmat1000 5 років тому +4

    This is a nice trip back in time. Born in '57 and a family at the end of our block had Borgward sedans like this, black for the father, white for the mom. . I was probably 4 then but remember all this.

  • @harshpatzz
    @harshpatzz 7 років тому +8

    Bogward Isabella is a thing of beauty . I would like to drive this beauty some day .

  • @peterfunke7092
    @peterfunke7092 7 років тому +7

    A wonderful car- the design was far ahead of other german cars that time- Herr Borgward was a genius. I borrowed the car many times from my father, I liked it very much. If I could spare about 30 tsd € I'd buy it.

  • @ChrisPinCornwall
    @ChrisPinCornwall Рік тому

    I always loved these. Extremely rare in the UK.

  • @onesandzeroes
    @onesandzeroes 5 років тому +6

    Borgward may have said "for all I care", but the fact is his wife's name was Isabel, so I think he did care :)

  • @stephencoleman3578
    @stephencoleman3578 2 роки тому

    My father had one sitting in his garage for 5 years. He couldn't find parts for it in the USA. He then donated it to the local high school auto mechanics class and they repaired it and had it working.

  • @peterlejon2168
    @peterlejon2168 2 роки тому +1

    My dad had an Isabella coupé when he was dating my mother. He talked about the car a lot. I never saw one in real life.

  • @user-en9zo2ol4z
    @user-en9zo2ol4z Рік тому

    There were a number of these beauties in Australia, I appreciated them even as a kid, without knowing about its heritage

  • @numbersix7193
    @numbersix7193 2 роки тому

    My first car was a 1959 Coupe. It was past its prime, but fun to drive. I got it in 1966 for $95.00.

  • @harveyvareberg6515
    @harveyvareberg6515 5 років тому +3

    My boyfriend in the1970s bought me a borgward isabella A 1960 that had been setting out in this field for years. Its was off white with red and white interior it took me everywhere i wanted to go. i would put 50 cents of gas in and I could drive from one end of The Dalles Oregon to the other great car loved it. Hope to find another one soon looking

  • @opiethrice8746
    @opiethrice8746 4 роки тому +1

    I know where a late 50's model is in rawlins wyoming. All of the glass is there, The whole powertrain is there and all the badging and trim. Been sitting for a few decades. The rear end went out in the early 60's and no parts were available. It is for sale but i have to talk to the woman's daughter in a few weeks. They also have a packard limo with a supercharged straight 8.

  • @carsten4594
    @carsten4594 Рік тому +1

    Would have liked to see the engine compartment.

  • @davidstaudohar6733
    @davidstaudohar6733 Рік тому

    🔴🇩🇪♥️🇩🇪 I had the pleasure of doing a restoration on a Borgward automobile when I lived in California, what an absolutely precision made automobile, and like most cars from that era it was rotted out from the rockers up, ♦️♦️♦️‼️

  • @johnkhourymusic8
    @johnkhourymusic8 5 років тому +3

    Very elegant car. Too bad it is no longer being made.

  • @hansrippe1814
    @hansrippe1814 6 років тому +1

    With this AUTOMOBILE I have made my Operator,s Licence in 1956 -with the driving School ,,STORCH,, in ESSEN-GERMANY

  • @aguilayserpiente
    @aguilayserpiente Рік тому +1

    The vehicle has the lines of the Karmann Ghia or vice versa.

  • @foppo100
    @foppo100 Рік тому

    Have been in a Borgward they can motor no messing.

  • @tz6414
    @tz6414 4 роки тому +1

    No seatbelts, deathtrap.

  • @eltaliv4nphx706
    @eltaliv4nphx706 3 роки тому +1

    I do car Upholstery and i have one here in the shop

  • @gerardoarbulo4264
    @gerardoarbulo4264 Рік тому

    Tuve un isabella 57 motor hansa 1500 una nave hermoso andar

  • @floyd8117
    @floyd8117 3 роки тому

    Can DW stop using Kilowatt hours, just say cubic inch or litre. Unless your discussing electric cars its no point in it!

    • @TinLeadHammer
      @TinLeadHammer Рік тому

      It is not kW·h (energy or work), it is kW (power), because Watt is the SI unit. Horse power is a pre-SI unit, outdated. DW, please continue using SI units.

    • @umochamadslamet9584
      @umochamadslamet9584 Рік тому

      Dengan mobil ini saya bisa belajar menyetir dan memprbaiki mobil masih terkenang