Top Car – Rolf Vogt
Ravensburg bumper car tradition dating back to 1998
Operator: Rolf Vogt (Ravensburg)
0 fansTop Car Vogt is the travelling bumper car ride operated by Rolf Vogt from Ravensburg. Built in 1998, this attraction is one of the well-known self-drive rides at fairs in the Upper Swabia and Lake Constance area. At Top Car, you steer your car on a shared track, where the other visitors also choose their own direction. The fun comes not from following a set route, but from new encounters, evasive manoeuvres and routes chosen on the spur of the moment.
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What to expect
- Family-friendly
Highlights & records
Dimensions: 30 × 16 m and power connection: 70 kW, according to Ride-Index.
Top Car by Rolf Vogt has been part of the fairground scene in Upper Swabia for many years. Built in 1998, the ride offers the classic experience of choosing your own direction.
Top Car Vogt: Drive yourself at the fair
When the ride starts, you take the wheel of a car yourself. Unlike a roller coaster, there is no fixed route. You can drive in a curve across the open floor, avoid another car or change direction on the spur of the moment. All the cars move around the shared track at the same time. So every ride unfolds differently, depending on how the visitors move around.
A visit with friends makes the ride especially enjoyable. Although everyone is on the same track, each person decides how to move next. From the side, you can easily watch the cars finding their way and the scene on the track constantly changing. Top Car represents the traditional form of bumper cars as both a ride and a meeting place.
General
- Year built
- 1998
- Also known as
- Topcar – Vogt; Top-Car – Vogt; AS Vogt
Set-up & transport
- Footprint
- 30 × 16 m
- Power rating
- 70 kW
The history of the ride from Ravensburg
The specialist database Ride-Index records the year of construction of this Top Car as 1998. Rolf Vogt from Ravensburg is listed as the showman. Archive photos show that the ride has been known by this name for many years. Correctly identifying the showman is important, as “Top Car” is not a unique name for a bumper car hall.
Another ride, for example, has the same name and belongs to Felix Hickmann from Plauen. That bumper car ride is documented as a Cosmont construction with its own history of operators. Rolf Vogt's Top Car from Ravensburg should therefore be considered separately. Pictures, construction history and technical details of the Plauen hall cannot simply be attributed to the Ravensburg ride.
Timeline
Ride-Index lists the ride known as Top Car, operated by Rolf Vogt from Ravensburg, as having been built in 1998. The attraction is known at fairs in Upper Swabia and around Lake Constance. It is not the same as Top Car – Felix Hickmann from Plauen.
- Operator
- Rolf Vogt (Ravensburg)
- Type of operation
- Travelling
- Status
- Active / in operation
The operator and fairs in Upper Swabia
Rolf Vogt is associated with Top Car in southern Baden-Württemberg. Travelling bumper cars have a firm place among family rides and larger attractions at fairgrounds around Ravensburg and Lake Constance. The ride is known, among other things, in connection with the Rutenfest in Ravensburg and the Seehasenfest in Friedrichshafen.
At fairs like these, bumper cars become a place where friends and families come together. Some visitors take a ride together, while others watch from the sidelines. Switching between riding and watching is part of the experience of a classic bumper car ride.
Who is Top Car Vogt suitable for?
If you like to be in control of your own funfair ride, Top Car Vogt offers a familiar experience. You have to react to other vehicles and can choose your own course. Younger riders must follow the riding rules displayed at the ride; these may vary depending on the vehicle and who is accompanying them.
If you want to find out more about the different bumper cars, our overview of attractions lists more rides and their operators. The Ravensburger Top Car is best recognised by Rolf Vogt and its documented history as an independent ride.
Sources: Ride-Index – Top Car / AS Vogt.
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