Graciela
Graciela was the name of an Argentine car brand from Córdoba . The manufacturer was DINFIA , short for Direccion Nacional de Fabricaciones e Investigaciones Aeronauticas .
history
Graciela succeeded the Justicialista brand in 1956 . After the overthrow of Juan Perón , this name, the official name of the Peronist Party , was no longer politically wanted. The production of Gracielas ended in 1964.
vehicles
- Sedan
The sedan was produced from 1956 to 1961. A three-cylinder two-stroke engine from the Wartburg with 901 cm³ and 27 kW at 4000 rpm was installed. The grille was also changed. Of these, around 2300 vehicles were built.
- Pick-up and furgon
The same changes also affected the pick-up and Furgón, which were produced until 1957.
- Graciela W.
In 1962, production was completely switched to the Wartburg 311 from 1956. The Graciela W was 4300 mm long and weighed 900 kg. The engine remained unchanged. Production ended in 1964 after only 646 vehicles.
literature
- Roger Gloor: Post-war cars: passenger cars 1945 - 1960. Hallwag, Bern / Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-444-10263-1 . (Benedikt Taschen Verlag, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-8228-8994-X )
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Graciela.
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 641. (English)
Web links
- Justicialista and Graciela on Coche Argentino
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Graciela.
- ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 641. (English)
- ^ Lars Büttner: Graciela, the Argentine Wartburg. (PDF; 0.2 MB) 2001, accessed on December 10, 2015 (via Wartburg Service ).