EditFleischmann Slot Cars
History
In the eighties Fleischmann mainly promoted the racetracks and cars in the train catalogues. The last pages in these catalogues were available for Fleischmann Auto-Rallye. Every year this section became smaller.
Fleischmann Auto-Rallye
The downfall of Auto-Rallye can not only be blamed to the loss of the slot car market and the boom of video/computer games. According to my opinion Fleischmann was very poor in promoting the product Auto-Rallye. Besides this, Fleischmann probably needed all financial means to keep the model railway competitive.
Fleischmann Track
Many slot racers do think that the track parts of Fleischmann are the best ever made. The surface of the hard plastic track is medium grained. The width of the track is about 18 cm and the depth of the slot is 7mm. The track parts are easy to connect. Fleischmann produced a great variety of different track parts.
Fleischmann Cars
At the time the Fleischmann cars were well detailed, especially compared to the models of the competitor Scalextric. The speed of the cars is realistic. A race motor could replace the solid standard motor.
Lotus Ford
Most people do know the Lotus Ford (in green, blue and orange) because two of these types of cars were bundled with the track sets. Other types have been the Mercedes 250 SL, the Porsche Carrera 6, two types of Formula One cars, a Ferrari and a Cooper Maserati, a go-cart, the CAN-AM Porsche 917, an Alfa Romeo, a German and Dutch police car (Porsche 917), other Porsches 917 and 935, a Formula One "Niki Lauda" Ferrari No.1 and the BMW M1.
Fleischmann Manual
Fleischmann was smart to enclose every track with an excellent manual. It was not only a technical manual but it gave an overview of the entire Fleischmann Auto-Rallye production.