Emis (make of car)

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Emis is a Brazilian car brand.

Brand history

Eduardo de Miranda Santos founded the company Emis Indústria e Comércio de Veículos in Rio de Janeiro in 1980 . He started producing automobiles and kit cars . The brand name is Emis . Production in this company ended in 1988.

Emisul from Porto Alegre , who previously sold the vehicles and also assembled them from 1987, took over the entire project in 1988 and has been the manufacturer since then. Part of the production was later transferred to Estaleiro BB Barcos & Emisul from Porto Alegre. In 2010, production was relocated to another plant in Imbituba . Over 800 vehicles have been built so far.

vehicles

The first model was a tricycle with two seats. The body was made of fiberglass . According to the pictures it was a trike .

A VW buggy was added in 1980 or 1981 . Initially, a chassis from Volkswagen do Brasil with a rear engine formed the basis. The open body is made of fiberglass. A separate chassis has also been available for some time. One version had double doors . For 2005, engines with a capacity of 1600 cc and 65 hp and 2000 cc and 126 hp have been delivered. In 2010 a major revision led to the use of water-cooled engines from VW with 1400 cc displacement.

In 1981 a pick-up based on the VW Beetle followed .

In 1985, Orto Design took over the production of a small car . The two-seater vehicle was 310 cm long and weighed 730 kg. The four - cylinder boxer engine came from the VW Brasília .

In 1991 the small car was revised and called Minor . Of these, 23 vehicles were manufactured within one year.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil zu Emis (Portuguese, accessed October 1, 2016)
  2. ↑ a b 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)
  3. ↑ a b c d e João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil zu Emisul (Portuguese, accessed October 1, 2016)