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Word: goggomobile (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cars in the U.S. next year instead of the projected 7,500. West Germany's Autounion sold 762 cars, and France's Simca took orders for 26 cars in the over-$3,000 range. The smallest full car in the show, West Germany's buglike Goggomobil (starting at $1,095), sold 10,000 models at both wholesale and retail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rush to Buy | 4/21/1958 | See Source »

...miles per gallon) transportation. Now the world's No. 2 scooter producer (170,000 a year, behind Italy's Vespa), Ferdinando Innocenti has raised his sights to four wheels. Occasion: a deal to produce a Lambretta version of West Germany's four-passenger, four-wheel Goggomobil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: From Scooter to Auto | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

Innocenti's tubing will form the framework of the new Lambretta GoggomobiL He will have to dress it up for the Italian market, since Italians demand more flair in body style than the functional-minded Germans. But he still hopes to charge only $500 for his Lambretta Goggo, half the price of the cheapest Fiat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: From Scooter to Auto | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...Three new models of Hans Glas's Goggomobil. The T 600 line is expected to sell for about $1,000, has a bigger (25-h.p.) engine than the older models, goes faster (up to 70 m.p.h.) but burns more gas (maximum: 45 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Buy-Eyed Over Bugs | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

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