{"id":9848,"date":"2020-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/glas-v8-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T15:45:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:45:17","slug":"glas-v8-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/glas-v8-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Glas V8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today only a few fans know about the car company Hans Glas GmbH from Dingolfing, Germany. Originally this family business started in 1883 with the production of agricultural machinery. After World War 2, it was quickly recognised by them that the German population would need new means of transport. Comparable to the Vespa boom in Italy, Glas foresaw a high demand for scooters and under junior boss Andreas Glas they developed a corresponding vehicle with an ILO engine, which was sold from 1951. A grandson of the company boss Hans Glas had the nickname ‘Gogg’ and thus ensured the naming for the new scooter, which quickly became the market leader in Germany: the ‘Goggo-Roller’. It was followed by larger engine variants as well as load scooters and sidecar versions. The agricultural machiners business continued in parallel under the name Isaria.

Just one year after the presentation of the Goggo-Roller, preliminary work on the first Glas car began. This appeared in 1955 under the label of the newly founded subsidiary brand Goggomobil. The very small car with a maximum of 20 hp was later also available as a Coup\u00e9 and as a small van. In the Federal Republic of Germany, as in many other European countries, prosperity returned relatively quickly, which led to the desire for bigger cars. Glas reacted in 1958 with a larger Goggomobil called Isar and finally in 1962 with their first four-cylinder model 1004, which later also appeared as 1204 and 1304 with correspondingly larger and more powerful engines. In 1963, the new middle class sedan 1700 made its debut at the IAA (Frankfurt Motor Show) next to the sports coup\u00e9 1300 GT and 1700 GT. All of them had been designed by Pietro Frua from Italy. The crowning glory of the model portfolio was the Glas V8, initially with a 2.6-liter engine, which debuted two years later at the same location. This V8 engine had been developed from two 1.3-liter four-cylinder engines from the 1300 GT assembled into one block. Because of its visual similarity to the Maserati Quattroporte, also designed by Frua, the car was popularly nicknamed the ‘Glaserati’.<\/p>\n\n\n

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