Guitolar
| Horacio Torrendell SA Guitolar Ltda. |
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|---|---|
| legal form | Ltda. |
| founding | 1960s |
| resolution | ? |
| Seat | Montevideo , Uruguay |
| management | Horacio Torrendell |
| Branch | Automobiles |
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Guitolar Ltda. , previously Horacio Torrendell SA , was a Uruguayan manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Horacio Torrendell developed a prototype in Uruguay in 1962 . It did not go into production at first because Torrendell left the country. On his return he founded Horacio Torrendell SA in Montevideo . He revised the project and launched it under the brand name Torrendell . 1969 was followed by another model, as according to sources Torre Dell or Indio was marketed. Later the name was changed to Guitolar Ltda. One source used the old company name until 1984 and the new company name only from 1989. In addition, vehicles from Bentley , Land Rover , Rolls-Royce and Rover were imported. From 1978 to 1984 there was another model for which the brand names Torrendell and Halcon have been passed down. In 1989 two more models followed, which, depending on the source , were marketed immediately as Torrelaro or initially as Torrendell and only from 1995 as Torrelaro . The brand name Torrelaro was registered on January 20, 1989.
Vehicle production ended in 2004.
Hardy Motors imported vehicles from the USA for the US market.
vehicles
The 1962 prototype was a small car with parts from the Mini .
The series was based Charrua on a chassis of Chevrolet . The four-seat multi-purpose vehicle could be transformed into a pick-up . Of these, 133 vehicles were built. General Motors Uruguay sold the vehicles.
The Indian had a ladder frame and parts of Bedford . There was a choice of station wagons , pick-ups and a Jeep- like structure. According to a source, a driving four-cylinder engine of Vauxhall Motors with 1,900 cc displacement to the vehicles. Another source mentions Otto and diesel engines from Bedford and a smaller engine from Opel . Over a period of 5 or 8 years, 2,200 or 2,500 vehicles were built.
The Halcon was a sports car resembling a MG model . Usually a two-seater roadster , a four-seater has also been handed down. Various engines from the Argentine Ford Falcon , from Rover and a V8 engine from Chrysler propelled the vehicles. By 1984, four vehicles were built according to customer orders.
There was also a replica of a Bugatti Type 43 . A Ford engine with a capacity of 2000 cc propelled the vehicle. The open body was made of aluminum .
The last two models were replicas of the Mercedes-Benz SSK and an Alfa Romeo from the 1930s. The chassis and body were made of stainless steel. The open bodies were available with and without doors. Various four- and six-cylinder engines from Daimler-Benz powered the vehicles. Engines from the Mercedes-Benz 280 SE with a displacement of 2800 cm³ and an output of 197 hp and the Mercedes-Benz W 114 with a displacement of 2500 cm³ are explicitly mentioned . Leggatti Automobilbau from Düsseldorf offered the models in Germany . A new price of DM 150,000 has been handed down for the year 2000 . The SSK replica was also offered in the United Kingdom . 30 vehicles were built during the first ten years of production. Ten vehicles each have been delivered for 2000 and 2001, but none for 2002 and 2003.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Indio, Torrelaro and Torrendell.
- 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 , pp. 662 and 754. (English)
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1598. (English)
Web links
- Information about Indio (Spanish)
- Information about the Torrelaro SSK (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Indio, Torrelaro and Torrendell.
- ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 754. (English)
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 662. (English)
- ↑ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1598. (English)
- ↑ unibrander.com (Spanish, accessed November 13, 2016)
- ↑ 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)
