Manufactured under German license in our country
Industrial Munguia, the Goggomobil began
walking on our roads in the year ’63,
right in the same year he missed shooting the Seat
600. Too bad that at that time no Autopista
were made comparisons, it would have been quite a
success.

He Goggomobil T-350, object of our study, is a vehicle of German origin and deeply studied and tested in that country since 1955. It has four seats while the two rear are too small. The front seats are comfortable and adjustable, your backups can also be folded down to turn them into bed (car detail expensive) ‘. Testing and handling qualities tourers carry out the road that runs from Madrid to San Rafael, typical route to carry out these tests, given its variety of curves and slopes. Tach error is not very big, its pretty close to reality being read. The vehicle is comfortable in his ride and very nice, although the engine is a bit noisy. ”

The truly amazing part of this vehicle is its power acceleration. his small motor can hobnob “in reprise” with very high class vehicles. To achieve good “performances“With this vehicle it is always necessary to take very cheerful, forcing a bit different speeds. Consumer testing had obtained a score of 5.4 l / 100 km ‘. In short, we can talk about a great vehicle “reprise” comfortable driving and smooth ride, despite its small size, behaves well on the road, it can be obtained with good socks and in population, very suitable for ease of parking, good visibility and small turning radius. The brakes are progressive and well balanced ‘.

When the Goggomobil was launched in the Spanish market, he met two fundamental problems: the emergence of Seat 600 and that the regime of that time did not look favorably upon another car other than the Seat was manufactured. In addition, soon she had to deal nothing more and nothing less than the Renault R-8, Seat Simca 900 and 850. He Goggomobil, a car designed 10 years ago and with a market like the German East as the main buyer was not easy introduction into Spain. The first Goggomobil They are costing 52,000 pesetas, an admittedly considerable sum for the time (the minimum wage I was about 1,800 pesetas).

Munguia factory
The same year in which the Seat 600 He started rolling on our roads, 1957, a group of Basque businessmen founded the factory Industrial Munguia S.A. based in Bilbao and in order to mass produce a small compact car. They contacted several European car factories and in April of that year 57 an agreement signed with the German company (the East at that time) Hans Glas Gmbh to make our country a car “was all the rage” in his native land: Goggomobil. From there was started the construction of the factory Munguia which it opened in late 1961. The following year they left their lines no fewer than 1,100 units of this small model. Already in 1963 2.100 units were manufactured but demand exceeded production, but the financial problems that had at that time the dealers slowed the pace of manufacturing. A price drop achieved sales were maintained, although the 600 was gaining ground.