Gert Hack

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Gert Hack (* 1938 ) is a German motor journalist and book author.

Life

As a journalist, Hack worked primarily for auto motor und sport . There he was referred to in the editorial team - together with a colleague - as one of the two robbers because of his driving style. In the course of his professional life in 2001 he had already tested around 1,500 models.

"Make cars faster" from 1968 (2nd edition)

Together with Dieter Korp, he was the main author of the series Now I Help Myself . His publications deal mainly with tuning and automotive technology. They have been translated into several languages.

Gert Hack was also managing director of Alpina for five years .

Publications (selection)

  • (together with Dieter Korp); Now I'm helping myself , Vol. 7. VW 1200, 1300, 1500 Beetle: Now I'm making it faster, Stuttgart 1968
  • Making cars faster: Automobile tuning in theory and practice , Stuttgart 1968
  • Rally cars: tuning, regulations, equipment , Stuttgart 1969
  • All about diesel cars: diesel passenger cars. Development, technology, typology , Stuttgart 1981
  • Turbo cars, turbo engines: development, technology, tuning, typology , Stuttgart 1983
  • (together with Dieter Korp); Now I'm helping myself , vol. 113. VW Golf, Scirocco, GTI: Now I'm making it faster, Stuttgart 1986
  • (together with Fritz Indra ): Multi-valve engines: development, technology, types , Stuttgart 1991

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Was für Kerle , in: Der Spiegel from November 27, 1967.
  2. ↑ Manfred Dworschak: Failure in the cockpit , in: Der Spiegel from September 10, 2001.
  3. ↑ Gert Hack: Make cars faster . Motorbuch Verlag, 1981.
personal data
SURNAME Hack, Gert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motor journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH 1938