Borgward Isabella
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The Borgward Isabella is an automobile which was manufactured by the Bremen based auto-manufacturer Carl F. W. Borgward GmbH from 1954 to 1962.
Borgward Isabella | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Carl F. W. Borgward GmbH |
Also called | Borgward Hansa Isabella [1] |
Production | June 1954-1962 |
Assembly | Bremen-Sebaldsbrück[2] |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 2 door saloon[3] cabriolet[3] station wagon[3] coupe (2+2) [3] cabriolet (2+2) [3] 2-door pickup[4] |
Layout | FR layout |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1493 cc 75hp straight-4[5] |
Transmission | 4-speed manual[6] |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,600 mm (102.4 in)[7] |
Length | 4,390 mm (172.8 in) |
Width | 1,705 mm (67.1 in) |
Height | 1,480 mm (58.3 in) |
Curb weight | 1,010 kg (2,230 lb) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Borgward Hansa 1800 |
The Isabella was to have been marketed as the Borgward Hansa 1500 but the Isabella name was used on test vehicles and proved popular with engineering staff and media.[8] The production car was subsequently renamed and only the first few hundred examples were built without Isabella badging.[8] Hansa badging was also used through to 1957.[9]
Despite its aspirational positioning[clarification needed] in the marketplace, the Isabella had a smaller engine (and was marginally shorter) than its immediate predecessor, the Borgward Hansa. Late in 1952, the firm had launched their six-cylinder Hansa 2400 model. The larger car never found many buyers; but in 1954, it made commercial sense to keep the two models from competing too directly with each other.