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Top Gear
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Sehr gut! This restomod is a German take on the classic C1 Chevy Corvette
Sehr gut! This restomod is a German take on the classic C1 Chevy Corvette Pogea Classics gives a 1950s 'Vette 427bhp and 'Rosso Corsa' Ferrari paint Skip 20 photos in the image carousel and continue reading Turn on Javascript to see all the available pictures. 1 / 20 To our American friends, this will probably look like a fairly standard C1 Corvette restomod. However, this particular 1950s Chevy was actually given its new lease of life in Germany. Yep, this is the work of Friedrichshafen tuner Pogea Racing, or more specifically its reasonably new sub-brand Pogea Classics. We led with the decade rather than the specific year, because Pogea quickly discovered this particular car was a cut-und-shut: the front half a 1959 car bolted to the rear of one from 1958. Advertisement - Page continues below 'Doors would neither open nor close properly, and panel gaps were beyond correction,' said Pogea. 'The central tub had been crudely severed and poorly fused.' Ouchy. Time for a makeover. It's the third C1 Pogea has taken on, and this 'Vette has been fitted with a GM LS3 V8 making 427bhp from its 6.3-litre capacity. To cope with that power, there's a reinforced tubular chassis (developed in cooperation with SRIII Motorsports and the Technical University of Munich), a four-speed automatic gearbox and a custom Pogea exhaust, plus fully adjustable coilovers and the front brakes from a C6 Corvette. The rear brakes are from a C5 while the servo is from a C4. Whole lot of mix-und-matching going on here. The wheels are 19in items from Pogea's own range, and we're told the bonnet, doors, fabric roof and bootlid are all new parts manufactured in Germany. The paint on top of those panels is another mix though, with a Ferrari shade of 'Rosso Corsa' and 'Ibis White' from Audi. This customer also specced Pogea's LED rear lights, while the chrome trim is apparently all original GM that has been refurbished and replated. Inside there's red leather from Lamborghini and white from Rolls-Royce, while the door cards and a number of trim pieces were apparently manufactured in-house. There are digital instruments too, plus a RetroSound head unit for the full Apple CarPlay in a restomod experience. Advertisement - Page continues below Quite the FrankenVette's monster, no? Top Gear Newsletter Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox. Success Your Email*
Bloomberg
11-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
FountainVest Is Said to Be Last Bidder for ZF's Lifetec Unit
Asian private equity firm FountainVest Partners is the last remaining suitor for ZF Friedrichshafen AG 's airbags and seat belt business, according to people familiar with the matter. FountainVest is trying to hammer out key terms of a deal for the ZF Lifetec unit, the people said, declining to be identified because the information is private. There's still a wide gap on price expectations and there's no certainty they will be able to reach an agreement, according to the people.
Reuters
10-07-2025
- Automotive
- Reuters
Germany's ZF to cut costs even more if car production declines, says CFO
July 10 (Reuters) - Germany's second-largest automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen ( plans to take even more stringent cost-cutting measures in the event that global car production declines further, finance chief Michael Frick told WirtschaftsWoche magazine. "We are below our projections," the CFO said in an interview published on Thursday, and there are indications that even fewer cars will be produced worldwide in the second half of the year. "Of course, ZF will then have to take additional cost-cutting measures," he added. ZF, which helps automakers develop gearboxes and hybrid drivetrains, has been grappling with falling sales and profits driven by weak demand and high costs associated with the shift to electric vehicles. Apart from tariffs, Europe's auto sector faces multiple hurdles, including high production costs, falling demand, rising competition from China and the shift to electric vehicles. As part of its ongoing restructuring efforts, ZF plans to cut up to 14,000 jobs in Germany by 2028, which would amount to one in four jobs.
Al Arabiya
07-07-2025
- Al Arabiya
Swiss flight makes emergency landing after smoke detected in cabin
Deutsche Lufthansa's Swiss International Airlines said on Monday that a Zurich-bound flight from Belgrade made an unscheduled landing in Friedrichshafen, Germany, because of light smoke in the rear section of the aircraft's cabin. The landing was 'uneventful', and buses are being arranged to transport passengers onward to Zurich, said Swiss, adding the cause of the incident with the Airbus A220 was under investigation.
