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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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.
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