50 Years of the Legendary Fuchsfelge

In the mid-1960s, Porsche turned to the Fuchs company about a collaboration. The company in Meinerzhagen in the Sauerland region of Germany set to work and presented a forged light alloy wheel, which represented an absolute novelty in vehicle construction at the time.

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The cult wheel celebrates an anniversary: it all begann in 1966 with the Porsche 911s at the IAA, with volume production starting in 1966. The Fuchsfelge has long held an excellent reputation among the fast and luxurious, and not without reason. The forged wheel ultimatly afters clear advantages: it is both lightweight and sturdy and these properties have ardet supporters in motor racing, too. But it is not only the very fast who are crazy about the wheels made by OTTO FUCHS in Meinerzhagen. Low weight is also a key issue in connection with alternative drive consepts. Here, the lighter the vehicle, the greater the distance. No wonder the i3, the first electric BMW, is fitted with lightweight forged wheels made by OTTO FUCHS - and only by OTTO FUCHS.