Beach buggies e lanchas
Baby Indústria de Carrocerias Ltda. Beach Buggies e Lanchas Ltda. |
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legal form | Ltda. |
founding | 1980 |
Seat | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |
management | Reinaldo Soares |
Branch | Automobiles |
Website | www.babybuggy.com.br |
Beach Buggies e Lanchas Ltda. , previously Baby Indústria de Carrocerias Ltda. , is a Brazilian manufacturer of automobiles and kit cars .
Company history
In 1980, José Augusto Teixeira Soares founded Baby - Indústria de Carrocerias Ltda. in Rio de Janeiro . Another source gives the exact date November 25, 1980. He began producing automobiles. The brand name is baby . The company's name was later changed to Beach Buggies e Lanchas Ltda. Around 9,000 vehicles have been built so far. In the 2010s, the annual production volume was around 150 complete vehicles.
vehicles
VW buggies are on offer . Initially, a chassis from Volkswagen do Brasil with a rear engine formed the basis. An open body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. From 1986 a version with a Targa roof was available. After 2005, were water-cooled four-cylinder engines from VW with 1,800 cc displacement and later cc 1600 engine capacity to offer.
Baby 138, offered from 1990 onwards, was unusual . This was a modification of the Chevrolet Chevette (in Europe: Opel Kadett C ).
Web links
- Company website (Portuguese, accessed October 1, 2016)
- João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed October 1, 2016)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed October 1, 2016)
- ↑ Eligiusz Mazur: 2005 · 2006. One of the largest car directories in the world. World of Cars. Worldwide catalog. Encyclopedia of today's car industry. ( online ; English)
- ↑ Empresas do Brasil (Portuguese, accessed October 1, 2016)