Professor Z. Z is short for Zündapp and the car is based on the Zündapp Janus made by the german motorcycle company in the years 1957 and 1958.
The model is really a micro car. With only 14 horsepowers it made 80 km/h (50mph) - quite good huh? Anyone dare to ride?
In the movie Cars 2 The Professor is one of the big shots among the Lemons. He leads the Lemons and takes orders only from the mysterious unknown boss.
Bad guys have bad licens plates. 58 refers to the last year Zündapp manufactured the car. According to wikipedia only 6902 were made.
It´s a lovely diecast, you already know that I´m very pleased with all the Lemons - this is maybe the jewel of the crown.
Very neat and scary car in real life - I would ride in one but only in a secluded parking lot probably!
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