Anyone familiar with the brand BMW busy and has only a little knowledge of car tuning, he knows Herbert Hartge GmbH & Co. KG. The team acted as a vehicle tuner and small series manufacturer and produced some extremely modified vehicles based on the BMW and Mini brands. The tuner was originally founded in 1971 by racing driver Herbert Hartge in Merzig. Herbert Hartge GmbH & Co. KG has been based in Beckingen since 1974. A good 10 years later (for the year 1985) Hartge was then also listed as a recognized automobile manufacturer by the Federal Motor Transport Authority. In 2019 Herbert Hartge GmbH & Co. KG was liquidated and also removed from the commercial register. The greatest successes come from motorsport in the 1970s, where Herbert Hartge achieved many victories in circuit and hill climbs between 71 and 79 in BMW 2002 vehicles. The European Touring Car Championship and the Formula 3 Cup were also driven, and the BMW M3 from Hartge Motorsport was promised a lot for the European Rally Championship at Rally Germany. However, there was a total failure. In 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993, with Francis Dosières at the wheel, the successes of the European Hill Climbing Championship came back. More about the company is on rolfhartge.de (now Rolfhartge GmbH).
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Recently updated on February 3, 2021 at 07:14 a.m. The Hartge H28 was the ultimate competitor for the then BMW M80 based on the E3 model generation in the 30s. An amazing vehicle that makes it all the more incomprehensible that the Hartge...
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Recently updated on January 25, 2021 at 10:04 am Tuning in the 80s? This was not only available in the VW Golf, Opel Manta and Ford Capri, but also one floor up on the BMW 6 Series Coupe. More precisely…
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Recently updated on January 26, 2021 at 08:16 a.m. Can you still remember the Mercedes 300E as Hartge F1? The rare example was published at the beginning of March on the website of Techno Classica in Essen (takes place from 25th to 29th...
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Recently updated on March 10, 2020 at 09:52 a.m. It's hard to believe but this 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300-E from the W 124 series (chassis number: W09F10X01HBH06116) actually has a BMW 6-cylinder engine under the hood and is called “Hartge F1”. But “BM-cedes” could also...
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Recently updated on March 10, 2020 at 09:52 am Attention people there is something for sale. If one of you has the inconspicuous sum of $105.000 left, you can send this amount to a super rare and extremely...
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