Avia Motors

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AVIA Motors sro
legal form sro
founding 1919/1946
Seat Prague , Czech RepublicCzech RepublicCzech Republic 
Number of employees 53
sales 73 mil. CZK
Branch commercial vehicles
Website www.avia.cz
Status: 2017

Avia Motors sro is a Czech commercial vehicle manufacturer .

history

Avia was founded in 1919 as an aircraft repair shop on the site of a former sugar factory in Prague-Vysočany .

In 1946 Avia began producing truck and bus models. In 1967 Avia acquired the license to build light trucks from Renault- Saviem (A15, A20, A30). In 1983 the further developed A21 / A31 series was presented. In 1995 the Korean group Daewoo acquired the majority of Avia. In 1996 the name was changed to Daewoo-Avia. In 1997 the new A60 / A75 / A80 series was presented. In 2000 the completely newly developed D-Line series was presented.

Avia Ashok Leyland Motors logo

Due to financial difficulties, the parent company Daewoo separated from Daewoo-Avia in 2005. The commercial vehicle division then operated again under the name Avia as , until the Indian truck manufacturer Ashok Leyland joined AVIA as in 2006 , which saw great potential for the AVIA brand on the European market. The production facility in Prague-Letňany remained and was to be expanded. Since then, the company has been called Avia Ashok Leyland Motors . At the end of 2012, Avia had 227 employees and in 2012 produced a total of 1003 vehicles. Since it was not possible to get out of the red despite increased sales, production in the Czech Republic was stopped at the end of July 2013. Production continues to take place in other Ashok Leyland locations.

In 2016 Avia was sold to the Czechoslovak Group , which also owns Tatra . The production of trucks was resumed in a new plant in Přelouč . The first Avia truck was delivered in 2017. In August 2018, the company announced that it would stop truck production for the time being.

First generation (Saviem license)

  • Company logo 1967

  • Avia A30

Second generation

  • Company logo 1983

  • Avia A21

  • Avia A31

  • Driver's cab of the Avia A31

  • Avia A31 Turbo

Third generation

  • Avia A75

  • Daewoo-Avia company logo

  • Avia D75-150

  • Daewoo-Avia D90

Automobile prototype

In 1956, the company developed the prototype of a small car called the Avia on behalf of the state . A fan-cooled two - cylinder two - stroke engine from Jawa drove the four-wheeled vehicle . The engine developed 15 HP from a displacement of 350 cm³ and was mounted in the rear. The steering wheel was in the middle of the vehicle; behind it there was space for two more people. Instead of doors, the cabin roof could be moved backwards for getting in and out. In 1957 the experiments were stopped.

Off-road vehicle

Avia 11 trend

In 1993 the company contacted Auverland to manufacture their off-road vehicles under license . By 1995, the company manufactured either 72 or 250 Avia 11 Trend .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Avia (I).
  • Jiří Fiala: Off-road vehicle encyclopedia. Edition Dörfler in Nebel Verlag, Eggolsheim, ISBN 3-89555-192-9 , pp. 40–42.

Web links

Commons : Avia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b https://czechoslovakgroup.cz/en/avia-motors-sro
  2. ↑ Record year 2012: Avia sold 1003 vehicles in 2012 , January 22, 2013
  3. ↑ Avia Truck production activities to cease in Czech Republic ( Memento of July 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), October 27, 2013
  4. ↑ Arms manufacturer Czechoslovak Group buys Prague truck factory Avia , on www.industriemagazin.at, April 25, 2016
  5. ↑ AVIA starts production of new vehicles and supply of spare parts , on www.avia.cz , accessed on April 2, 2018
  6. ↑ The first car sold to the company Recycling - Metal Waste from Chotěboř , at www.avia.cz , accessed on April 2, 2018
  7. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Avia (I).
  8. ^ The Prague Post, September 29, 1993 (accessed January 1, 2013)
  9. ^ Jiří Fiala: Off-road vehicle encyclopedia. Edition Dörfler in Nebel Verlag, Eggolsheim, ISBN 3-89555-192-9 , pp. 40–42.