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Magazine 24 pages deadline 22. May
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14 t he story of danish
automotive
indus- try is like a norwegian cookbook: very short and not very exciting. while neighbors in sweden and
germany
have consistently been in the forefront ever since the automobile was invented, the danes have only made small and sporadic contributions throughout
automotive
history, and not all equally inspirering. as in the early 80s, where the ultra modern electric
car
hope whisper rolled into a railing with his sleeping driver at the wheel, while the inter- national
automotive
press remained dumbstruck as to when the big presentation would be mad at forum in copenhagen. over the past 10-15 years, the
automotive
de- sign thrower henrik fisker, however, put denmark a little more clearly on the world map, first as a celebrated designer at bmw and aston martin and now based in california as a manufacturer of fisker karma, an electric luxury sports
car
with ex- ceptionally high performance. in addition, the tuning company kleemann has become internationally known and respected for its modifications of mercedes
car
s, but then it?s also only about that. in any case until recently. extreme power and beauty a few years ago a brand new super
car
, namely the zenvo st1, sped onto the stage and introduced some of the fastest and most exclusive features, one can imagine in the whole
car
universe. it was not only a new sports
car
brand, but a
car
with an unusually complete, beautiful and distinc- tive design?and with almost insane 1,100 horse- power. in itself, breaking news, but what made the entire automobile world so completely lose its lower jaw, was that the
car
did not come from
germany
, england or italy, but from denmark.
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