M.G. Car Club Switzerland

Last Updated: 25/09/2024By

Main Contacts & Facts about the M.G. Car Club Switzerland

President: Martin Kraft, Tel: +41 44 862 39 40, E-mail: praesident@mgcc.ch
Secretary: Walter Stucki, Hardweg 7, CH-3174 Thörishaus, Switzerland, E-Mail: sekretariat@mgcc.ch
Overseas Secretary: Mr. Markus Kotterer, Tel: +41 79 359 15 29, E-mail: overseas@mgcc.ch

Facts about Switzerland

8.5 mill. inhabitants

Capital: Bern

Major holiday period: July-Mid-August.

Distances:

  • Bern-Basel: 97 km, 60 miles
  • Bern-Geneva: 171 km, 106 miles
  • Bern-Lugano: 279 km, 173 miles
  • Bern-St. Moritz: 327 km, 203 miles
  • Bern-Zürich: 125 km, 78 miles

Your contacts in Switzerland

Centres – Club Contacts – Spareparts and Workshops

Aargau Centre
Contact vacant
Restaurant Zur Linde
Rennweg 2
5602 Staufen
Basel Centre
Remo Sutter
061 983 12 77 / 079 435 75 34
basel@mgcc.ch
Restaurant Sichternhof
4410 Liestal
Bern Centre
Ueli Christener
079 432 04 61
bern@mgcc.ch
Restaurant Seerose
3302 Moosseedorf
Graubünden Centre
Hans Brehm
Tel. 079 684 50 37
graubünden@mgcc.ch
Restaurant Swiss Heidi Hotel
7304 Maienfeld

Car Breakdown Services

Touring Club Schweiz, Tel: 0800 140 140 (for technical assistance), Website
Automobil Club Schweiz, Tel: +41 44 628 88 99 (for technical assistance), Website

National Car Traffic Related Regulations

Traffic codes and Equipment: Speed limits: Unless otherwise specified, the speed limit is 50 km/h in and 80 km/h outside towns and 120 km/h on the motorway

Priority rules: If nothing else is indicated, traffic from the right has priority

Special rules and equipment: All vehicles must carry a warning triangle and daytime running lights from 1970 vintage

Drinking and driving: Whoever drives a motorized vehicle with a blood alcohol level of over 0.5 per mille in Switzerland must expect legal consequences

Toll roads motorway fees: Motorway tax: CHF 40.00, sticker can be bought at border crossings, post offices, petrol stations or as an e-vignette (Website)

Petrol available: Unleaded 95/Unleaded 98/Diesel

National information phone numbers/web sites

International telephone code for Switzerland: +41
National emergency telephone numbers: Police: 117, Ambulance: 144, Fire: 118
National Tourist Board: Schweiz Tourismus, Tel: 00800 100 200 29, Website
Weather forecast: Meteoswiss: Tel.: +41 44 256 91 11, Website
Road and traffic information: Tel: 163, Website
Railway and airlines: Swiss Federal Railway, Tel: 0900 300 300 (rail service) Website
Swiss International Airlines: Tel: +41 41 848 700 700, Website

Low emission zones/regulations

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