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Horch 780 - 1932-1934 | 
| Germany was the birthplace of the automobile, and dr. August horch, who had worked at the original horseless carriage factory, certainly had a classic automotive education. But in 1900, eager to try out his own ideas, horch left his mentors (carl benz and paul daimler, who were responsible for the significant successes of the mercedes-benz firm), struck out on his own and started the company whose elegant machines made an original mark on automotive histoiy. | Specifications performance
Top speed of 77.5 mph
engine typedrivetrain: Single overhead-cam, in-line 8
displacement 4,911 cc (4.9 l) power rating 100 hp transmission 4-speed chassis: 4,620 lbs. |
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A german machine
both the chassis layouts and the engines of horches changed with bewildering frequency. By 1932, smaller versions of straight eight-cylinder horches were dropped. Models such as the 780, presented in 1932, were clad in typically teutonic sporting coachwork and were frequently employed to transport members of the various echelons of hitlers third reich.
past history
the 780 was one of the last original horch automobiles. In 1933, the company was absorbed into the auto union combine, and by the end of world war ii, the name was a mere memory, lost in the shuffle of automobiles that
came and went during the middle years of the twentieth century.
August horchs cars were novel conceptions, rivaling mercedes for originality of design and luxury of appointments, |
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