Fyber

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February 2000

Fyber is a Brazilian car brand.

Brand history

The brothers Agliberto and Rogério Farias founded the company Fyber Indústria e Comércio Ltda in 1974 . in Fortaleza . First they dealt with fiberglass . In 1982 the production of automobiles began. The brand name is Fyber . Before 1992, the name was changed to Fyber Indústria de Veículos SA , and bankruptcy followed in 1999 . Rogério Farias left the company around 1993 and founded Troller .

Former Fyber dealer Peixoto Veículos from Fortaleza has continued production since 2003. In total, more than 12,000 Fybers have been created so far .

vehicles

VW buggies are on offer . The basis is a tubular frame, not the platform frame from the VW Beetle like many competing models. An open body made of fiberglass is mounted on it. Various air-cooled and water-cooled engines from Volkswagen do Brasil have been used so far.

The first model was the Duna , designed by Milton Nunes. Around 180 of these were built by 1984, including seven floatable vehicles.

The Fyber 2000 followed with a short chassis and square headlights. Around 1994, the similar star replaced the Fyber 2000 . Of these two models, around 12,000 vehicles were built by 1999.

From 1988 about 90 vehicles of a Type 3000 in the style of a Jeep were built.

From 1992 there were also around 600 trucks and ambulances with Fiat engines and front-wheel drive .

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Fyber.
  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)