Ferrer Motors

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The Ferrer Motors Corporation was an American automobile manufacturer from 1965 to 1966 in Hialeah in Florida was established.

description

The Ferrer GT was based on the VW Beetle and had its floor pan and engine. A very flat GRP body in the style of the Ford GT40 was placed on it. The car had a wheelbase of 2400 mm and was 4013 mm long, but only 1067 mm high. The headlights of the two-seater coupé had covers made of clear plastic.

The four-cylinder horizontally opposed engine had a displacement of 1285 cc and developed 50 hp (37 kW) at 4600 min -1 . The 634 kg car cost US $ 3,400 as a finished product , but was also available as a kit for US $ 990 or a deluxe kit for US $ 1,800.

Lorena from Brazil was a licensee .

literature

  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .
  • 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. 535 (English)