Dacon

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Distribuidora de Automóveis, Caminhões e Ônibus Nacionais
legal form
founding 1960s
resolution 1996
Seat São Paulo , Brazil
management Paulo de Aguiar Goulart
Branch Automobiles

Dacon , short for Distribuidora de Automóveis, Caminhões e Ônibus Nacionais , was a Brazilian company in the automotive sector .

Company history

Paulo de Aguiar Goulart founded the company in São Paulo in the 1960s . At first it was a car dealership for Volkswagen do Brasil and an importer for vehicles from BMW , Ferrari , Maserati and Porsche . From 1964 he manufactured racing cars with Porsche engines. In 1966 he founded the Escuderia Dacon racing team . From the 1970s there were conversions based on VW. In 1982 the production of self-developed automobiles began. The brand name was Dacon . Production ended in 1985 or 1994. In 1996 the company was dissolved.

Paulo de Aguiar Goulart was also involved in Projects d'Avant Garde , which made the PAG .

vehicles

The designer Anísio Campos designed a strikingly short car with the 828 . Depending on the source, the length was 250 cm or 265 cm. The basis was the chassis of the VW Beetle , which was shortened by 78 cm . The body of the first prototype was made of steel, the series models made of fiberglass . The four - cylinder boxer engine was mounted in the rear and developed 54  hp . From this model 47 or 48 vehicles were built.

literature

Web links

Commons : Dacon  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed September 24, 2016)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Dacon.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed September 24, 2016)
  3. ↑ a b c Pal Negyesi: Dacon 828 ( Memento from December 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed September 24, 2016)
  5. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on September 24, 2016)