Artes de Arcos

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Artés Campeador from 1967
Artés Gato Montés from 1971

Artés de Arcos SA was a Spanish manufacturer of automobiles founded by the entrepreneur Jóse Artes de Arcos (1893–1985).

Company history

The company José Artés de Arcos SA from Barcelona started producing automobiles in 1966. Production ended in the 1970s.

vehicles

Guepardo

The Guepardo were seater - racing cars of Formula 4. The official presentation of the vehicles with Fiat engines with 850 cc capacity was made at the Barcelona Motor Show 1966. A version of the Guepardo as Formula 3 but was unsuccessful.

Campeador

The Campeador was presented in 1967 at the Salón del Automóvil in Barcelona. He was a sports car with rear engine and fiberglass body and resembled the Ford GT40 . The four-cylinder engine with a capacity of 1255 cc made 103 hp and came from the Renault 8 Gordini . For the planned series production, a Seat engine with 1500 cc and 140 hp should be used. But it did not get to that. The vehicle remained a one-off. It has been preserved and can be seen in the Col·lecció Ramón Magriñá i Berga in Masllorenç .

Gato Montés

This is a six wheel amphibious vehicle . It was presented in 1971 at the Salón del Automóvil in Barcelona and then produced in small series. Either a Bultaco engine with a displacement of 250 cc or the two - cylinder boxer engine from the Citroën 2CV with a displacement of 602 cc provided the drive. One vehicle can be viewed in the Collecció d'Automòbils de Salvador Claret car museum in Sils .

literature

  • George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  2. ^ Información sobre José Artés de Arcos on joseartesdearcos.com