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Sauber Petronas C16Switzerland 1997From driver to designerPeter Sauber built his first racing car in the cellar of his parents’ house. After a Swiss Championship title, Sauber decided to give up driving and to only build „racing machines“, as he calls them. Entry into Formula 1After successes with Mercedes in Group C in 1989 und 1990, this racing classification was dropped for reasons of cost. Formula 1 hardly costs anything more, but offers much more publicity. The racing team make their first start in the top class in 1991. Although some initial successes only establish the newcomer in the lower ranks, this represents a stable basis.Racing team without a trackAt the end of 2005, Peter Sauber sells 80% of his racing team to BMW. Even today, the BMW-Sauber team still has its offices in Hinwil, Zurich – a unique situation, because Sauber is the only team in Formula 1 that does not have a race track in its own country.
  • Sauber Petronas C16
    Switzerland 1997
    From driver to designer
    Peter Sauber built his first ...
  • PP Sauber AG (Sauber Motorsport AG, Red Bull Sauber AG, Sauber Petronas AG) (1970 - 2005), Betreiber/in, Hersteller/in, sign.
    Sauber Petronas Engineering AG (*1995), Engine manufacturer, sign.
    Herbert Johnny Paul (*1964), Racing driver, sign.
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-5936
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Aston Martin V8 Vantage Shooting Brake, GB/CH 1999The world’s fastest and most powerful estate carIn 1964, the British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin built its first estate car at the behest of the company owner so as finally to allow the family dog to travel in comfort and customary style. That’s why in this instance a sporty estate was developed from an exclusive sports car.The two Swiss companies Dante Rubli and Roos not only enhanced the chassis, but also fine tuned the engine and optimised the construction. The design stands apart from conventional sport cars lines and everyday family estate. The result – an independent shape, a car in the sporty luxury class: the fastest estate in the world.
  • Aston Martin V8 Vantage Shooting Brake, GB/CH 1999
    The world’s fastest and most powerful ...
  • Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd (1976), Manufacturer, archivalisch belegt
    Roos Engineering LTD (1976), Engine manufacturer, archivalisch belegt
    Design by Dante (1976), Designer/in, Carrossier, archivalisch belegt
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-7621
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Logbook of the Comte AC-4 Gentleman CH-262 from 1933.This document is one example from the well over 150,000 records in the Swiss Museum of Transport collection. Around 12,000 records have been digitised and can be called up on the terminal in the documentation centre in Lucerne (in German). The online collection is being constantly expanded.
  • Logbook of the Comte AC-4 Gentleman CH-262 from 1933.
    This document is one example from the ...
  • Swissair (Schweizerische Luftverkehr AG, SAirGroup) (1931 - 2002), Author
    Alfred Comte Flugzeugwerke (Alfred Comte Schweiz. Flugzeugfabrik, Alfred Comte Luftverkehr, A. Comte Luftverkehr Zürich) (1923 - 1935), Model manufacturer
  • Inv. Nr. VA-23656
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