The Staff of Motorsport Marketing
The Staff of Motorsport Marketing Writer
5/21/20 9:11 a.m.

Story and Photography by the Staff of the 24 Hours of Lemons

We’ll forgive you if you’ve never heard of a Borgward Isabella, but 24 Hours of Lemons veterans A Fistful of Cotter Pins (an excellent team name, we might add) turned up to Arizona’s Inde Motorsports Ranch in 2019 with a 1961 Borgward Isabella. The Isabella wore signs of a long …

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ckosacranoid
ckosacranoid SuperDork
5/22/20 12:43 p.m.

It Funny when you have to go to wiki to find out just what the hell this car is and have to say the 2+2 coupe does look very cool though. Funny thing is they where also made in Katina of all things after the company ended in Germany. neat little history about a car most people have never heard of. Thanks for sharing.

californiamilleghia
californiamilleghia Dork
5/22/20 2:22 p.m.

The last Borgwards were built in Mexico ,  4 door sedans with a 6 cylinder motor ,  I would see them on the streets in Mexico city ,  but never saw one running !

from Wikipedia

Production in Mexico

As part of the bankruptcy process, in 1963, all manufacturing equipment for the Borgward Isabella and P100 was sold to a buyer in Monterrey, Mexico. Production in Mexico was delayed, but was started in August 1967[27] by entrepreneur Gregorio Ramirez Gonzalez. Production in Mexico ceased in 1970

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