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Title: Solved: Allemano's № 859 - Electric microcar built by Rudi Augustin (1983)
Post by: Allemano on October 30, 2012, 05:04:23 AM: I don't know if this car has a name, at all.
I'd like to know the name of the builder and where he came from and what engine he used for this cutie.

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Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 30, 2012, 12:28:57 PM: Moved to Pro's and FW's.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Wendax on October 30, 2012, 12:51:12 PM: I've seen this picture many years ago. It is German. Did it use a Fiat drivetrain?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 30, 2012, 01:09:32 PM: Quote from: Wendax on October 30, 2012, 12:51:12 PM
I've seen this picture many years ago. It is German. Did it use a Fiat drivetrain?
It's German, but it's not Fiat powered.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: woodinsight on October 30, 2012, 04:12:37 PM: Is it called the Basse - I've never seen a photo so it's a shot in the dark!
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 30, 2012, 04:27:38 PM: Like written before I don't know the name if it ever got one..
The man behind that tiny little car has a different name.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 04:47:56 AM: Is that him standing behind the car?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 04:52:08 AM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 04:47:56 AM
Is that him standing behind the car?

:nod:
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 04:53:45 AM: Was it electric?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 04:56:27 AM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 04:53:45 AM
Was it electric?
Yes!
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 05:01:09 AM: Both were blind guesses. :D

Was the builder well-known in another line of work?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 05:10:07 AM: Not that I know of. :-\

I must admit that the search will be hard for those who haven't got that magazine.
Alas the net provides nought.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 05:22:58 AM: Do you know this man personally?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 05:33:40 AM: No. :D
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 06:00:35 AM: Is the picture from the 1970's?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 06:04:59 AM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 06:00:35 AM
Is the picture from the 1970's?
I think it's from much later and according to my source it was featured in some very famous annual publication.
I can't confirm that though as I do not have that book..
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 08:49:08 AM: Is the annual publication a design publication, from Japan?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 08:51:44 AM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 08:49:08 AM
Is the annual publication a design publication, from Japan?
No. Do you mean Car Styling Quarterly? ;D

The book I have in mind is much much more famous.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 12:17:13 PM: Is it auto-centric, or a general interest publication?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 12:21:30 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 12:17:13 PM
Is it auto-centric, or a general interest publication?
the latter.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 12:24:06 PM: German-language publication?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 12:51:27 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 12:24:06 PM
German-language publication?
~~Not necessarily.~~
Not for the original edition.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:15:18 PM: Originally published in English?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:15:50 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:15:18 PM
Originally published in English?
Yes.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:17:24 PM: ... but there's a different edition for each country.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:18:14 PM: Is it a Popular magazine? ;)
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:19:02 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:18:14 PM
Is it a Popular magazine? ;)
No.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:20:57 PM: Is Illustrated in the title?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:26:51 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:20:57 PM
Is Illustrated in the title?
No.
It's really VERY famous, around the world. (http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/Gifs/booze.gif)
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Wendax on October 31, 2012, 01:31:11 PM: An extremist publication, so to say. ;D
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:32:49 PM: Guinness Book? World's smallest car (at the time)?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:34:12 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:32:49 PM
Guinness Book? World's smallest car (at the time)?
Yes. For the German edition at least.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:37:07 PM: >1980?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:37:55 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:37:07 PM
>1980?
Yes.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:41:12 PM: <1990?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:45:34 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:41:12 PM
<1990?
Yes.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:45:51 PM: "W. Fritz, a car dealer, is displaying the smallest car in the world"?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:48:55 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:45:51 PM
"W. Fritz, a car dealer, is displaying the smallest car in the world"?
~~I don't know from where you've got that, but~~ it's not the name I'm after.

We're looking for an electric driven microcar.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:51:17 PM: I got that from a book (but not the Guinnes Book, to which I don't have access) :D
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:55:01 PM: As said before I reckon it's not easy to find. My source reports it's in the Guinness book* of 199_ but I couldn't confirm either.

*to be exact it's a Guinness smallest electric... of the world. If it actually IS featured in the book I don't know.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:56:02 PM: Ah, so >1990, and not <1990
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 01:58:52 PM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 01:56:02 PM
Ah, so >1990, and not <1990
Oh sorry, I misread your post.
Yes, it's from the nineties.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 02:04:32 PM: No worries :)

I expect there is enough here for somebody to find the answer - especially if they have ready access to German-language Guinness Books from the 1990's! ;D
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Wendax on April 19, 2015, 12:26:16 PM: I found a magazine cutout from 1988, Rudi Augstein is the wanted man!
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Wendax on April 19, 2015, 12:42:52 PM: To answer the remaining questions not only with the German article: he was from Westheim (Rhineland-Palatine) and his car was electric powered.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 859
Post by: Allemano on April 23, 2015, 05:11:19 AM: After 2½ years we finally have a winner! :applause:
I never could confirm if it was entry of the Guiness Book of Records, so it's a relief that we now have another source.

2 more points for Wendax' tally.

(the builder is apparently not the ex-editor of German's most famous political magazine..)
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 859 - Solved: Allemano's № 859 - Electric microcar built by Rudi Augstein (
Post by: Wendax on April 23, 2015, 03:38:47 PM: Sometimes it helps to clean up the basement. ;D
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 859 - Electric microcar built by Rudi Augstein (1988)
Post by: Wendax on August 31, 2018, 06:49:16 AM: The car is for sale right now. The builder's name was Rudi Augustin, not Augstein. The car was built from 1976 to 1983 taking 6500 hours of work. Its official name is RA (Rudi Augustin) Audi X1.
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 859 - Electric microcar built by Rudi Augustin (1983)
Post by: Allemano on September 04, 2018, 01:00:14 PM: Great!
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 859 - Electric microcar built by Rudi Augustin (1983)
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2022, 11:13:04 AM: It is for sale again, but I doubt that anybody will pay 59,000 € for it.