Chimo (car brand)

Chimo was a Canadian car brand.

Brand history

Customotive Inc. from St. Laurent in Québec began producing automobiles in 1980. The brand name was Chimo . In 1985 the company moved to Ottawa , Ontario . From 1985 to about 1988, Image Inc. from Smiths Falls , Ontario continued production.

vehicles

The only model was a coupe . One source sees a similarity to the Jaguar XJ-S . The body was made of fiberglass , which was unique in Canada at the time. A chassis from the VW Beetle formed the basis. Various engines from Volkswagen , V6 engines from Ford and Wankel engines from Mazda powered the vehicles.

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Chimo and custom motifs.
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 , p. 282. (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Chimo and custom motifs.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 282. (English)

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Chimo and custom motifs.

[Beaulieu-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 282. (English)