Aero Minor II

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Aero Minor
Aero Minor II (sedan)
Aero Minor II (sedan)
II
Production period: 1946-1951 / 1952
Class : Small car
Body versions : Sedan , roadster , station wagon , panel van
Engines: Petrol engines :
0.6 liters (14 kW)
Length: 4040 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2300 mm
Empty weight :
Previous model Jawa Minor
successor Aero Minor III
Aero Minor II as a station wagon from 1950

The Aero Minor II was a Czechoslovak car model .

description

Jawa had manufactured the Jawa Minor model before the Second World War and developed a successor model. In 1946 the model was launched under the Aero Minor brand . The manufacturer of these vehicles is the Letecké závody company from Prague- Letňany. Production ended in 1951 or 1952.

A two-cylinder two - stroke engine from Jawa with 615 cm³ displacement and 19.5 hp powered the front wheels. The radiator was mounted behind the engine. The transmission had four gears, the fourth gear was overdrive . The model was offered as a sedan , roadster , station wagon , panel van . The sports version had a 744 cc engine, which was also used in car races such as the 1949 Le Mans 24-hour race .

The vehicle had a wheelbase of 230 cm and was 404 cm long. The maximum speed was given as 100 km / h.

In autumn 1947, the motor journalist FA Elstner undertook a long-distance journey with the Aero Minor II, which took him through the Sahara to Cotonou and back again. Elstner's second wife Anna and his son from his first marriage were co-drivers. The car was able to cover the distance of 13,100 km in 22 days, which corresponds to an average of 426 km per day.

The planned successor Aero Minor III was no longer on the market.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Aero Minor.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 18-19. (English)
  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Encyclopedie automobilů. České a slovenské osobní automobily od roku 1815 do současnosti. Computer Press, Brno 2007, ISBN 978-80-251-1587-9 , pp. 18-19. (Czech)

Web links

Commons : Aero Minor II  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Roger Gloor: Post-war car. Hallwag, Bern 1986, ISBN 3-444-10263-1 , p. 47.
  2. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Aero Minor.
  3. ↑ a b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 18-19. (English)
  4. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: automobilů Encyklopedie. České a slovenské osobní automobily od roku 1815 do současnosti. Computer Press, Brno 2007, ISBN 978-80-251-1587-9 , pp. 18-19. (Czech)
  5. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on February 21, 2016)
  6. ↑ Martin Tolar: Historie Aero Minor. In: autozine.cz. September 26, 2014, accessed November 23, 2017 (Czech).