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Finding the Glas ceiling

a huge fan of ‘bubblecars’ and had owned a Messerschmitt KR200 and a BMW Isetta, so next on my wish list was a Glas Goggomobil Coupé. Not many to choose from over here in the UK, so I bided my time until one came up for sale in Hemel Hempstead. Its German owner, Dirk Wurm, was heading home after a three-year secondment in the

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