A Bobby-Car is a toy car designed for children from the age of around two. The Classic model is red, made of plastic

Plastic

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 and is about 60 cm long and 40 cm high. It has four wheels. The car has been produced by the BIG company since 1972 at sites in Fürth

Fürth

The city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....

 and Burghaslach

Burghaslach

Burghaslach is a municipality and a market town in the district of Neustadt -Bad Windsheim in Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.- Geography :...

 in Germany. After the death of the Bobby-Car inventor Ernst A. Bettag in 2003, the Simba Dickie group took over the company. The name Bobby-Car is protected. Since 2005, a new Bobby-Car has been produced for which the Classic design was revised.

Bobbycar for children

The Bobby-Car was invented in order to help children learn to run. It has a kind of seat in which the child can sit as on a motorcycle

Motorcycle

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. By swinging its legs, the child can move the car. Today, numerous accessories exist such as connecting rods, light running tyres, trailer, etc. As well as being manufactured in different colours, it also comes in variants such as a police car or tow truck. Special editions have been made to honour well known German cars, such as Mercedes-Benz SLK, Audi TT

Audi TT

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, Smart

Smart (automobile)

Smart is an automotive branch of Daimler AG. Smart is a German manufacturer of microcars produced in Hambach, France, and Böblingen, Germany...

 and Volkswagen Beetle

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. In cooperation with tyre manufacturer Fulda a model having real tyres rather than the usual hard plastic variety was produced.

Bobby-Car Racing

In the 1990s another use of Bobby-Cars emerged: Professional competitive driving. The plastic body is strong enough to carry adults. The steering element and the axles are strengthened to handle high speeds (approximately 60 km/h). Competitions are held on closed roads with steep downward gradients.

The "official" German speed record of a Bobby-Cars was set on 28 April 2003 by Marco Fischer from the Bobby Car Club Coburg

Coburg

Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...

, who achieved a speed of 108.2 km/h.