European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Kinds Tripos an t m r o o t Ion least but not last go go s going great guns manufacturer Hans Glas grand sorr go go. One Man West German firm is not worried at All by Detroit s entry into Small car Field by George c. Harlan up staff writer on Din golfing Assembly line Workman installs two Cylinder engine. The Small bavarian Village of Din. Golfing and its chief product the Gogg Mobil sound straight out of Grimm s fairly tales but they Are far from a fantasy to the old line West Ger Man Auto makers. The Gogg Mobil a Beetle like two door car with a rear two Cylinder engine that delivers up to 70 Miles on a gallon of Gas has captured More than 55 per cent of the German miniature Auto Market in the four years since it was introduced. Exports to the . Have been running at the rate of about 200 a month but a somewhat larger version just introduced with a front engine is expected to boost sales of the combined models to about 350 units a month. The creator of the Gogg Mobil is 69-year-old Hans Glas whose Auto design owes much of his Early apprenticeship with Ford in Detroit. The smaller version of the Gogg Mobilis even simpler in construction than the Model t Ford. The two Cylinder engine has Only five moving parts and can be re placed along with transmission differential and clutch Assembly for about $140. The entire car Sells for just under$1,000. Glas is the sole owner of the $50 million Auto concern which he built using his family s farm equipment factory As a  West German industrialist manufactured his first car in 1955, using Anold wooden body press. He now turns out 250 ears a Day and has licensing agree ments for production in Belgium Ireland Argentina Brazil and  car is named after his grandson Andreas Glas 7, who is nicknamed go go. Glas built his Empire without borrowing pfennig from the Bank. He has had an aversion to Banks Ever since his fund were tied up in Germany during world War i. Glas who was in the . At the time washed dishes at the Waldorf Astoria to support  entry of Detroit into the Small car Market this fall does t worry Glas at Al the firm feels that . Auto makers will expand the Market for tiny cars by put Ting their Seal of approval on the smaller jobs. Goggio Mabel dwarfed by . Or Taw East us half of orm my Small Oor Mark in four Yori August 29, 1959 the stars and strips tog 11