Mopetta

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Mopetta was a German small car project from the second half of the 1950s. It stands

  • as Mopetta GmbH for a former West German automobile manufacturer (at least 1957, possibly 1956 to 1958),
  • as a Mopetta for a former German car brand of this manufacturer (only 1957),
  • with Mopetta as the sole model name of a vehicle model from this manufacturer (only 1957) and
  • before and after as part of the model name of the Brütsch Mopetta and the Opelit Mopetta .

Only a roll parallel is two Austrian automobile -projects, the motorized burden- tricycle Mopetta Lastenboy and microcars Megu Mopetta from the 1960s.

One of probably only two existing original Mopettas from Mopetta GmbH from 1957, exhibited in the Museum PS-Speicher in Einbeck (paintwork and lines probably do not correspond to the delivery condition)

Background and overview

The German Mopetta project is closely related to

The Brütsch Mopetta presented in 1956 was gradually developed by Egon Brütsch in the course of 1957. From late spring he was in contact with Georg von Opel, who then joined the vehicle project as a financier, organizer and ultimately licensee .

In connection with the (further) development of the Brütsch Mopetta , the company Mopetta GmbH was founded and in mid-1957 Mopetta briefly advanced to become its own automobile brand. In a further step, the next stage of development took place around September 1957; henceforth there was talk of the Opelit brand and the model name Opelit Mopetta or just Opelit . The large-scale production , which was originally scheduled to begin at the end of 1957, ultimately did not materialize. The project ended when Opel completely withdrew from it in the spring of 1958.

In total, only 14 vehicles were built as Brütsch Mopetta , Mopetta and Opelit Mopetta / Opelit ; Of these, around five are said to have received the changed specification as Opelit with a new front fork .

The motive

The motives that led to the establishment of Mopetta GmbH and the creation of the Mopetta automobile brand are partly unclear. Very few sources explicitly address this company and brand. Mostly they focus on the Brütsch automobile brand , furthermore on Egon Brütsch and Georg von Opel as the main people as well as details of the vehicle model; its development stages are often summarized as the Brütsch Mopetta , although only individual vehicles can actually be assigned to the Brütsch brand .

The establishment of Mopetta GmbH and the creation of the Mopetta automobile brand had several effects:

  • They delimited economic risks, as they resulted from other motor vehicle projects by Egon Brütsch and other economic activities of Georg von Opels;
  • they underlined that the vehicle model had meanwhile been further developed;
  • they underlined that with Georg von Opel as the sponsor and new organizer, new structures for the production and sale of the vehicle model had been created;
  • With this, as well as with the new, simple name, they changed the marketing opportunities abroad.

The company Mopetta GmbH

Mopetta GmbH

logo
legal form GmbH
founding 1956 or '57
resolution 1957 or '58
Reason for dissolution (see text)
Seat Frankfurt am Main
management Georg von Opel , Egon Brütsch
Branch Automotive industry (further development, manufacture and sale of motor vehicles)

Aerial view of the Mainzer Landstrasse in Frankfurt am Main; Mopetta GmbH had its headquarters there in 1957 (house number 377-385 is in the picture above behind the right bend on the left)

Mopetta GmbH was the company name of the company that took on the further development, manufacture and sale of the small car without the planned large-scale production ultimately having started. It remained in the single- digit range for individual Mopetta automobiles , which in retrospect have the character of a pilot or pre-series .

General

The sources of the Mopetta GmbH company are comparatively poor. Secure information is contained in an undated, German-language sales brochure with eight pages in DIN A5 format , in which two different Mopetta vehicles are shown in an early specification from 1957. The publication can be limited to the period between mid-autumn 1957 due to the specified sales price of 1,050 D-Marks , the mention of Georg von Opels and the lack of the name Opelit .

The publisher of this prospectus was Mopetta GmbH , based in Frankfurt am Main. Thereafter, it was both the manufacturer of the Mopetta motor vehicles and responsible for their sales. Georg von Opel is expressly named as the managing director of the company with limited liability under German law , and the address is “ Mainzer Landstrasse 377–385” in Frankfurt am Main.

Under the same address a long existing company Georg von Opel, which already was renamed the shipyard Opelit as a manufacturer of boats , components , containers , seating furniture and body parts made of plastic . Furthermore Georg entertained by Opel at the address "Mainzer Landstrasse 330-360" on the street one of its Opel - car dealerships , as well as the headquarters of the corporate group Georg von Opel GmbH .

Especially at the start of the company

It is unclear whether Mopetta GmbH was founded (towards the end) in 1956 or not until 1957.

According to one source, the information "Mopetta GmbH, Frankfurt / Main" is already on a leaflet on the Brütsch Mopetta , which is dated to 1956. It is part of a collection of brochures and offprints from various German and international vehicle manufacturers from the period 1956 to 1970, which is archived as a private estate in the Thuringian State Archives in Meiningen .

Another source confirms that Mopetta GmbH was founded in 1956 in Frankfurt am Main. In an English-language specialist book from 1987, the automotive journalist Brian Laban states that Egon Brütsch was the founder; Mopetta GmbH is also said to have further developed other Brütsch small car designs, above all three-wheelers, but also four-wheeled models such as the arrow dated 1955 in this source and the V2 from 1957. However, further information from this source appears to be inaccurate and sometimes incorrect in comparison with others ; in addition, no second, independent source can be found for the latter circumstances.

However, another undated sales prospectus speaks against founding the company in 1956 and in favor of one towards mid-1957. In it, the retail company Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau Stuttgart advertises the Brütsch-MOPETTA luxury version . The technical description, in particular the drive of the single left rear wheel and the convertible top specified in the brochure correspond to the version introduced in spring 1957. This allows the conclusion that Mopetta GmbH was only founded after Brütsch and Georg von Opel in late spring Met in 1957.

Especially at the end of the company

It is unclear in which year Mopetta GmbH was dissolved. For 1958 and beyond, there are no more indications of the company's continued existence. This suggests that the company was dissolved in the course of 1958 or at the end of 1957. The trigger could be the change to the name Opelit in autumn 1957, the exit of the investor Georg von Opel in spring 1958 or, at the latest, the abandonment of automobile construction by Egon Brütsch in autumn 1958.

In particular, it is unclear whether Mopetta GmbH remained responsible for further development, manufacture and sales until the end of the Mopetta / Opelit project in spring 1958. It is possible that she was replaced in these functions in autumn 1957 by the company Opelit Bootswerft & Kunststoff-Gesellschaft , which at least acted as the new namesake of the further developed Opelit Mopetta or the Opelit .

Classification of the company, its equipment and the current use of the property

According to this, Mopetta GmbH is to be seen as a spin-off and legal independence from the sole trader company Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau Stuttgart or - limited to the Mopetta and possibly other models - as its successor.

There are no indications that Mopetta GmbH in Frankfurt had its own production facilities before autumn 1957. In particular, the Horex company in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , which was to manufacture the chassis as a subcontractor for the planned large-scale production , had not yet set up a production line ; At that time, Opel did not have separate halls for body production either . In this respect, it can be assumed that the designer Egon Brütsch continued to build the vehicles mainly by hand in southern Germany; However, they were created no later than mid-1957, at the earliest from the end of 1956 on behalf of Mopetta GmbH , instead of solely for the account of his own retail company Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau Stuttgart .

At the company headquarters at the time at “Mainzer Landstrasse 377–385” in Frankfurt, there is now a large supermarket - discounter and other companies from the trade and commerce sector.

Mopetta as its own automobile brand

On the front of the Mopetta GmbH vehicles from 1957 is the Mopetta brand emblem instead of that of Brütsch

Mopetta was the brand name under which the small car was temporarily marketed in 1957, if only for a few months.

General

The sources for the automobile brand are also comparatively poor. In the eight-page German-language sales prospectus in DIN A5 format, which can be dated to 1957, “Brütsch” can no longer be seen as lettering on the images; the name is also no longer explicitly mentioned in the text, neither as a designer, nor as an automobile brand or (previous) manufacturer. On the other hand, Opelit is not yet mentioned as (part of the) model name, as an automobile brand or even as a manufacturer.

Contemporary images of Mopetta vehicles

Several contemporary images, especially company photos, show vehicles from the Mopetta family that explicitly have a Mopetta brand emblem instead of one from Brütsch on the front of the vehicle; it is a shiny metal plate with punched-out Mopetta lettering, which is mounted in the upper area of ​​the chrome- framed front oval. Some of these vehicles have a “license plate” with the inscription “1958” as an indication of the model year or the planned start of sales for the planned large-scale series.

The two vehicles that are shown in the eight-page German-language sales brochure do not have any brand emblem on the front; their (unstamped) Stuttgart instead Frankfurt motor vehicle registration indicate that they were manufactured by Brütsch or on account of his company in Stuttgart.

At least one vehicle with a Mopetta - instead of the Brütsch brand emblem - served as a demonstration vehicle in the United Kingdom in 1957 and was given the official British registration number "784 EPE".

Preserved Mopetta vehicles

At least two vehicles with the Mopetta brand emblem have survived to this day:

  • In England, one is Mopetta the Mopetta GmbH in unrestored original condition with light blue body, white, wedge-shaped decorative stripes and dark red interior. The vehicle was first registered in November 1957 and bears the British registration number "408 EPD".
  • A second example has a dark blue body, white lines above and below the chrome strip on the side and a dark blue interior; it still bears the former British registration number "UXO 117". The magazine Oldtimer Praxis reported in September 1991 that the vehicle was now on display in the small car museum in the Störy district in Bockenem , Lower Saxony . It was there until it was closed in 2004; The Mopetta was sold in 2012 and is now part of the portfolio of the PS-Speicher motorcycle and automobile museum in Einbeck, which opened in 2014 .

The background to another vehicle with the Mopetta emblem is unclear: In Recklinghausen , a white Mopetta with blue wedge-shaped decorative stripes, blue interior and white wall tires is registered as a passenger car.

Targeted replicas of Mopetta vehicles

The replica of the Mopetta from Mopetta GmbH from 2010/2011 at the NEC Classic Motor Show 2017
A Mopetta replica made by Andy Carter at the Techno-Classica 2018 in Essen

In addition to the originals, a detailed, high-quality reproduction was made for a Dutch collector and museum operator by the British restorer Andy Carter in late 2010 / early 2011 ; The basis is a preserved original body from the 1950s. The vehicle initially had a black paintwork with a white, wedge-shaped decorative strip and dark red interior, an exterior color that was never used ex works. In 2017 the vehicle was shown at the NEC Motor Show with a paint job in light blue and white. Unlike the other reproductions, it bears the Mopetta brand emblem; It also bears the British registration number “784 EPE”, which is known from the demonstration car in the United Kingdom in 1957.

Another replica was for sale in 2018 at the Techno-Classica trade fair in Essen .

classification

Based on the level of development, the vehicles shown on contemporary photos and those that have survived with the Mopetta brand emblem can be narrowed down to the period between mid-autumn 1957. Prior to that used Brütsch in brochures and only occasionally on the vehicles the brand name Brütsch ; then Georg von Opel used the brand name Opelit for marketing as a licensee .

Other Brütsch designs, in particular the Arrow and V2 models , which the specialist author Brian Laban brought in connection with Mopetta GmbH , did not receive the Mopetta brand emblem. In this respect, the Mopetta automobile brand became the successor to the Brütsch brand around mid-1957, solely with regard to the moped car ; in turn, it was replaced by the Opelit brand from the end of September 1957 .

Mopetta as the only model name

Compared to the Brütsch Mopetta from the first half of 1957, the front window of the Mopetta GmbH vehicles is 8 cm higher and is significantly steeper

According to the eight-page German-language sales prospectus in DIN A5 format, which can be dated from mid-autumn 1957, Mopetta was the sole model name of the moped car in this phase without any further addition. In this respect, the simple model name Mopetta replaced the previous name Brütsch Mopetta or the two original spellings BRÜTSCH-MOPETTA and Brütsch-MOPETTA around mid-1957 ; it was in turn replaced towards the end of September 1957, depending on the source by the model name Opelit Mopetta or just Opelit .

Features of the Mopetta from Mopetta GmbH were:

  • wider contoured rear wheel arches , which increased the vehicle width from 880 to 910 millimeters;
  • higher, steeper standing windshield of Plexiglas , so that the vehicle height increase of 1000 to 1080 mm;
  • a shiny metal brand emblem with punched-out Mopetta lettering (not on all vehicles);
  • no more separate lacquered or glued Mopetta lettering on the front right or left and rear;
  • lateral metal struts on the right and left of the windshield for securing an unlined folding top ;
  • rear attachment means for the removable folding top (a metal bracket or series of press studs along the rear cockpit frame);
  • a cover made of transparent plastic material;
  • an additional rubber seal on the upper edge of the windshield (not on all vehicles);
  • various add-on parts with side direction indicators , a rearview mirror with a short arm and a windshield wiper that is hinged to the center of the window frame, as well as
  • furthermore a moped- like short fork with a pushed long arm swing arm .

The transition from the Brütsch Mopetta to the Mopetta GmbH vehicles was very fluid in terms of the details (apart from the brand emblem), so that individual details can sometimes be found in the former.

The relationship with the Brütsch Mopetta

For comparison: the version of the Brütsch Mopetta from the first half of 1957 with a lower, flatter windshield without a hood

The Brütsch Mopetta (in the narrower sense) was the preliminary stage of the Mopetta from Mopetta GmbH . Several versions of her emerged:

  • the original version with the original spelling BRÜTSCH-MOPETTA , presented in October 1956 at the International Bicycle and Motorcycle Exhibition (IFMA) in Frankfurt am Main; the motor came from the German two-wheeler manufacturer MOTA , was built into the front fork and was supposed to drive the single, steered front wheel directly ;
  • several intermediate stages with and without convertible top as well as changes to the drive; last
  • the revised version with the name Brütsch-MOPETTA Luxusausführung , presented in spring 1957; the engine now came from the ILO engine works , was mounted on the left outside next to the driver and only drove the left rear wheel by chain ; the intended standard equipment included a folding top and heating.

It was characterized by its own spelling with a hyphen and partly or completely in capital letters. The brand name was Brütsch and the manufacturer was the retail company Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau Stuttgart .

In contemporary media and current publications, the hyphen was and is regularly dispensed with; furthermore, the general rules for upper and lower case letters were and are usually applied. The model designation that has long been common in publications for vehicles from this development and production era is therefore Brütsch Mopetta (without a hyphen).

Beyond this narrower sense, the term is used in a broader sense in many publications; it then also includes the later vehicles of the Mopetta family, which were marketed solely as Mopetta by the GmbH of the same name under the brand of the same name and then as Opelit Mopetta or just Opelit .

The relationship to the Opelit Mopetta / Opelit

For comparison: the Opelit Mopetta as the last evolutionary stage; the tall and steep windshield is now wider and the front fork simpler

The Opelit Mopetta or the Opelit was the follow-up version of the Mopetta GmbH produced Mopetta .

Around mid-1957, the wealthy Hessian entrepreneur Georg von Opel, a grandson of Adam Opel and son of Carl von Opel , took over the management of the vehicle project, initially under the Mopetta brand . For the end of 1957, the start of large-scale production at the ailing motorcycle manufacturer Horex in Bad Homburg, Hesse, was planned; 100,000 vehicles were supposed to be produced and sold over four years, but the start of production was delayed.

In the course of production preparations, Horex technicians revised the small car, which in particular gave it a new, simpler front suspension. From the end of September 1957, around five more pre-series vehicles were built before Opel ended the project in the spring of 1958, before the start of large-scale production.

In contemporary media as well as current publications, the vehicle model of this period was and is described inconsistently. Sometimes there is talk of Opelit Mopetta , sometimes only Opelit . Sometimes the media continued to use the name Brütsch Mopetta , sometimes the subsequent name Mopetta without any additional addition.

Mopetta in the public eye

In German-language sources, Mopetta GmbH is rarely treated as a separate automobile manufacturer, and neither is Mopetta as a separate automobile brand. The phase between the discontinuation of the Brütsch brand name and the establishment of the new Opelit brand name was too short for Mopetta to be established as its own brand in the media and the public. The project was already too well known under the designer and the Brütsch brand in Germany for Mopetta to have a lasting impact as a manufacturer and brand.

In English-language sources, however, this differentiation is more likely to be understood. The brand name Brütsch , which with its umlaut “ü” and the letter sequence “-tsch” in English often led to spelling errors and pronunciation difficulties, was less well known and established there. Furthermore, the parties involved supported the differentiation of the brands in the United Kingdom by the fact that the Mopetta predecessor Brütsch Zwerg was marketed by the company Bruetsch Cars England, Limited in Nottingham , while the Mopetta was initially marketed by the company Automotive and Marine Ltd. in London .

Various English-language sources accordingly name Mopetta as an independent brand of the moped car and not (primarily) Brütsch .

Other vehicle models with Mopetta as part of their name

Following the German small car project, two motor vehicle projects from Austria also used the vehicle name Mopetta from the 1960s :

  • From 1961 to 1972 around 200 examples of the Mopetta Cargo Boy three- wheeler were made . The manufacturer was the designer Wilhelm Gesierich from Vienna. The open, single-seat vehicle had a single rear wheel, which was powered by a fan-cooled single - cylinder two-stroke engine from a moped , first from Fichtel & Sachs , then from Puch . Above the front axle with two steered wheels the size of a scooter rested a loading platform ; the vehicle, which weighed just over 100 kilograms, had a maximum payload of 100 kilograms and was throttled to 40 kilometers per hour.
  • From around 1966 to 1972, around 50 copies of the covered, doorless microcar MEGU Mopetta were built . It was a further developed variant of the Mopetta Cargo Boy with a built-in engine from Puch ; It was available with a moped-like steering as a two-seater tandem open to the side (as a city ​​and intercity car for 19,800 schillings ), with an additional convertible top for a further 1,500 schillings and as a single-seat Mopetta delivery van with a rear loading platform for 19,800 schillings as well. The manufacturer was MEGU Metall- und Gußwarenhandels Ges.mbH from Vienna.

literature

Books

  • Hanns Peter Rosellen : German small cars after 1945 - loved, praised and unforgotten . Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 3-89350-040-5 , pp. 184-189 and 193 f.
  • Brian Laban in: Nick Baldwin, GN Georgano, Michael Sedgwick, Brian Laban (Eds.): The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers . Facts On File Publications, New York, New York, United States / Oxford, United Kingdom 1987, ISBN 0-8160-1844-8 , p. 76 (English).
  • Adam Quellin: The little Book of Microcars . Veloce Publishing, Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom 2015 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-84584-894-1 , Chapter 4: The automotive Tiddlers .
  • Clive Gifford: DK - Cars, Trains, Ships & Planes - A visual encyclopedia of every vehicle . Dorling Kindersley, London, United Kingdom 2015, ISBN 978-1-4093-4850-4 , pp. 92 f. (English).
  • Jeff Clew: Motorcycling in the 50s . Veloce Publishing, Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom 2016 (1995 e-book version of the printed edition), ISBN 978-1-84584-754-8 , Chapter The bubble that burst .

Magazines

  • Popular Mechanics. Volume 107, No. 4, April 1957, p. 97. (English)
  • auto motor and sport . No. 20/1957, September 21, 1957.
  • The moped. No. 10/1957, small car 1957 .
  • Popular Mechanics. Volume 109, No. 4, April 1958, p. 133. (English)
  • Classic car market . 6/2002, June 2002.
  • Car picture . Jörg Maltzan: Two convertibles, two worlds - Lamborghini Murciélago / Brütsch Mopetta (comparison test) , April 14, 2010, reproduced here , accessed on January 29, 2017.
  • Automobil- und Motorrad-Chronik , issue 5/1977 pages 10–11 and 17, 37.

Web links

Commons : Mopetta  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Hanns Peter Rosellen: German small cars after 1945 - loved, praised and unforgotten . Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 3-89350-040-5 , pp. 184-189 and 193 f.
  2. ^ Hanns Peter Rosellen: German small cars after 1945 - loved, praised and unforgotten . Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 3-89350-040-5 , p. 194.
  3. ^ Adam Quellin: The little Book of Microcars . Veloce Publishing, Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom 2015 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-84584-894-1 , Chapter 4: The automotive Tiddlers .
  4. ^ A b Clive Gifford: DK - Cars, Trains, Ships & Planes - A visual encyclopedia of every vehicle . Dorling Kindersley, London, United Kingdom 2015, ISBN 978-1-4093-4850-4 , pp. 92 f. (English).
  5. ↑ Jörg Maltzan: Picture gallery for the comparison test of the Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 Roadster and the Brütsch Mopetta . In: Auto Bild (magazine). April 14, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  6. ↑ a b c Details on Georg von Opel's Mopetta plans through to the Opelit on the rollermobilclub.ch web portal , accessed on January 19, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g Compilation of original brochures for the Mopetta vehicles on the mopetta.rollermobilclub.ch web portal , accessed on January 19, 2017.
  8. ↑ a b c d Prospectus of Mopetta GmbH , offered on a sales platform , accessed on January 19, 2017.
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j cf. Hanns Peter Rosellen: German small cars after 1945 - loved, praised and unforgotten . Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 3-89350-040-5 , pp. 186 and 193 f.
  10. ↑ Harro Hagen: Glass fiber reinforced plastics - production, properties, testing - application of modern plastics based on glass fibers . Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1956, reprinted under Science + Business Media, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-52687-9 , p. 496.
  11. ↑ Werner Helmut Stahl: Frankfurt brands & characters . Volume 24 of writings from the Historisches Museum Frankfurt, Strothotte, Gütersloh 2004, ISBN 978-3-934777-15-6 , p. 236.
  12. ^ NN: Der Industrie-Kompass Deutschland - Register of selected german industry and commerce . Volume 2, Kompass-Verlag, Freiburg 1984, ISSN 0930-505-X, p. 681.
  13. ↑ Overview of archives of the Thuringian State Archive Meiningen on the web portal archive-in-thueringen.de , accessed on January 17, 2017.
  14. ↑ a b c Brian Laban in: Nick Baldwin, GN Georgano, Michael Sedgwick, Brian Laban (Eds.): The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers . Facts On File Publications, New York, New York, United States / Oxford, United Kingdom 1987, ISBN 0-8160-1844-8 , p. 76 (English).
  15. ↑ a b Reproduction of the sales brochure for the Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau Stuttgart company for the Brütsch MOPETTA luxury version , which can be dated to spring 1957, on the mopetta.rollermobilclub.ch web portal , accessed on January 24, 2017.
  16. ^ Contemporary photo of a vehicle with the Mopetta brand emblem for the 1958 model year (on the occasion of an exhibition) on the mopetta.rollermobilclub.ch web portal , accessed on January 24, 2017.
  17. ↑ Another contemporary photo of a vehicle with the Mopetta brand emblem for the 1958 model year (on the occasion of an exhibition) on the mopetta.rollermobilclub.ch web portal , accessed on January 24, 2017.
  18. ↑ Contemporary photo of the demonstration vehicle registered in Great Britain with the Mopetta brand emblem (and an unusual, retro-fitted oval front) on the mopetta.rollermobilclub.ch web portal , accessed on January 24, 2017.
  19. ↑ The light blue Mopetta registered in Great Britain on the web portal mopetta.rollermobilclub.ch , accessed on January 24, 2017.
  20. ↑ Background and the result of the auction of the Mopetta 2012 registered in Great Britain on the web portal rollermobilclub.ch , accessed on January 24, 2017.
  21. ↑ Auction catalog for the auction of the original light blue Mopetta in Brooklands on the web portal historics.co.uk , accessed on December 3, 2017 (English).
  22. ↑ Oldtimer Praxis , September 1991 edition, p. 81.
  23. ↑ The Mopetta , which was previously exhibited in the Störy small car museum, on the mopetta.rollermobilclub.ch web portal , accessed on January 24, 2017.
  24. ↑ Pictures and background information on the white and blue Mopetta registered in Recklinghausen on a private web portal , accessed on March 2, 2017.
  25. ↑ Pictures of the white and blue Mopetta approved in Recklinghausen on the web portal picssr.com ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 2, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / picssr.com
  26. ↑ More pictures of the white and blue Mopetta, approved in Recklinghausen, on the web portal picssr.com ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 2, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / picssr.com
  27. ↑ Details on the genesis of the Mopetta replica for a Dutch collector on the rollermobilclub.ch web portal with additions here , here and here , accessed on January 24, 2017.
  28. ↑ Reproduction of the sales prospectus of the Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau Stuttgart company for the BRÜTSCH-MOPETTA from October 1956 on the mopetta.rollermobilclub.ch web portal , accessed on January 24, 2017.
  29. ↑ a b c The Opelit Mopetta on the web portal autolexikon-thyssen.de / Lexicon of forgotten car types , accessed on January 26, 2017.
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  31. ↑ Nicolae Sfetcu: The Car Show . Self-published 2014 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4478-7635-9 (English).
  32. ↑ Jeff Clew: Motorcycling in the 50s . Veloce Publishing, Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom 2016 (1995 e-book version of the printed edition), ISBN 978-1-84584-754-8 , Chapter The bubble that burst .
  33. ^ Mike Dan: The AZ of popular Scooters & Microcars: Cruising in Style! Veloce Publishing, Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom 2015, ISBN 978-1-84584-088-4 , pp. 199, 235 and 254 (English).
  34. ^ N.N. in Car and Driver (magazine), Hachette Magazines, Volume 16, 1970, p. 106 (English).
  35. ↑ NN in: Puch Club Magazine - The new magazine for Puch enthusiasts! (Magazine), issue 7, May – June 2013, p. 44 ff.
  36. ↑ Information on the Mopetta laden boy on the puchklub.at web portal ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 29, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.puchklub.at
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  38. ↑ Video of the MEGU Mopetta on the web portal youtube.com , accessed on January 29, 2017.
  39. ↑ The MEGU models Mopetta , Student and Boy on the web portal allcarindex.com , accessed on January 29, 2017 (English).
  40. ↑ Sales prospectus of the company MEGU Metall- und Gußwaren Handels Ges.mbH , Vienna on the web portal rcforum.ru , accessed on January 29, 2017.