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Bobby Car: 50 years emission-free on the road
In 1972, the red ride-on car was presented for the first time at the toy fair in Nuremberg. Since then, it has conquered children's rooms and play streets of little racers and still evokes memories of adventurous childhood days in adults.
Top Speed: 119 km/h
The speed record on a Bobby Car is just under 120 km/h. This speed was achieved four years ago on a modified Bobby Car – admittedly not emission-free – powered by an engine that caught fire after reaching the speed.
The robustness of the vehicles made from polyethylene blow-molding is also demonstrated by the races that adults regularly organize with these speedsters. For example, in the Baden BIG-Bobby-Car Championships, up to 100 participants race in pairs down a 555-meter-long track on a mountain. Equipped with motorcycle gear and helmets, they race down the valley lying on the tuned Bobby Cars.
"It's an event with a wink, a sport just for fun. I've caught the Bobby-Car virus," explained the 2019 Bobby-Car World Champion, Dominik Rivola. "We constantly tinker and optimize to eke out a few more tenths of a second - oils, outrageously expensive ball bearings, custom-made aluminum rims, and other tuning measures. It's absolutely incredible to drive almost 100 kilometers per hour depending on the track - and that five centimeters above the ground. That's pure adrenaline!"
Hopefully with Whisper Tires in the Apartment
Anyone who has lived in a city apartment under a family with Bobby Car traffic knows how loudly the rolling noise of the hard plastic tires carries to the apartment below. Fortunately, manufacturer Simba has the Bobby Car Whisper Wheels in its program, which can be retrofitted even for existing fleets.
For many generations, the Bobby Car has been the first vehicle of its own. Many automakers have their own Bobby Car to tie the little ones to the brand early on. Thus, the child can immediately ascend to a Baby Porsche 911 or even a Mercedes Bobby-AMG GT. Every day, 2,000 Bobby Cars are manufactured in Burghaslach, Middle Franconia, most still in the original 1972 design.
What does that mean?
Congratulations, little racer. Here's to another fifty years of mobility!
Translated automatically from German.
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