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Saxat från Zatzy.com Här är vad Jörg på Hartge skrev i ett mail: I would like to alert you to incorrect reports in the several other car magazines (including the January 2001 edition of BMW Car magazine) about a blue BMW E-46 with a V8 engine, which - much to our horror - is claimed to be built by a company called Racing Dynamics. It is in fact is a Hartge H50. As you might know, Hartge GmbH & Co. KG has been a registered German auto manufacturer since 1985. To get a registration for a car like this, one must obtain the approval from the German Kraftfahrzeug Bundesamt (KBA). After production, the German TÜV (Technischer Überwachungs Verein) will perform an end inspection of the car, and change the VIN number and the name of the car manufacturer. In this case, the car is officially known as a Hartge Type H50. Please let me explain how this fake Racing Dynamics car came into being: One of our customers sold his H50. At the Nordschleife (a German racetrack) an employee of Racing Dynamics approached the new owner of the H50. This employee asked if he would hire out his car to be displayed by Racing Dynamics at the Essen Motorshow. The man agreed to lend his H50 to Racing Dynamics. Racing Dynamics then switched out the front spoiler, wheel/tire combination, and various interior Hartge parts. Then they added Racing Dynamics decals to the car. They even put a sticker over the VIN number and engine compartment Hartge badge. After this "transformation" the car was renamed a "Tornado R-50", even though, by any measure, the car is still a Hartge H50. Racing Dynamics then presented this car as an original product of theirs at the Essen Motorshow. They also use pictures of this car for promotion on their Web site and various in other forms. Our concern is that Racing Dynamics is resorting to trickery in order to boost their reputation among the media and the public - all at the expense of Hartge's research, design, and manufacturing efforts, and well-earned reputation. After the show the original owner received his car back in the original Hartge H50 look. In the March of 2000 edition of BMW Car magazine there was a cover story of the Hartge H50 and several pages devoted to the car in this edition. In conclusion, please be weary of any publicity materials about Racing Dynamics which might come across your desk in the future to be sure that what you're not actually seeing the product of Hartge or some other original manufacturer. Bests Jörg |
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