Industrija Motornih Vozil

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Industrija Motornih Vozil IMV
legal form
founding 1954
resolution 1991
Seat Novo mesto
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Industrija motornih vozil was a Yugoslav manufacturer of automobiles , based in Novo Mesto (Republic of Slovenia).

Company history

The Agroservis company from Ljubljana manufactured agricultural machinery. Under the company name Moto Montaža , the production of automobiles began in 1954 under licenses from foreign companies. In 1959 it was renamed Industrija Motornih Vozil. In 1969 there was a contract with the British Motor Corporation . In September 1972 a contract was signed with Renault . In addition, Adria brand caravans and mobile homes were created . In June 1988 IMV founded Revoz together with Renault in a joint venture . Revoz continued the vehicle production. In 1990 the caravan and mobile home production was transferred to the newly founded company Adria Mobil . In 1991 IMV was dissolved.

vehicles

DKW

In cooperation with Auto Union , light commercial vehicles such as the DKW Schnellaster of the DKW brand were created from 1955 .

Austin

A left-hand drive Austin 1300 with a Serbian license plate in the depot of the Belgrade Automobile Museum. Probably produced by IMV.

Between 1969 and 1972 the company manufactured Austin vehicles in cooperation with the British Motor Corporation. The brand name was Austin IMV . The total number of 21,379 copies is distributed as follows:

model Displacement PS construction time number of pieces
1300 Saloon Super de Luxe 1275 53 1969-1972 14,450
1300 special 1275 65 1972 485
1000 mini 998 34 1970-1972 5,354
1500 maxi 1485 74 1970-1971 897
1750 maxi 1748 72 1971-1972 193

Renault

Production of Renault vehicles began in 1973 with the Renault 4 . This model was also produced by Revoz. The larger models were not as successful as can be seen in the table below.

model construction time number of pieces annotation
Renault 4 1973-1992 575.824 Quantity includes production at Revoz
Renault 12 1974-1977 7,278
Renault 16 1974-1976 342
Renault 18 1980-1987 18,714

Another source indicates that the Renault 12 and Renault 16 were manufactured until early 1976, and the Renault 18 as early as 1978.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Bernard Vermeylen: Cars from the Eastern Bloc. All models since 1945. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-7688-3149-9 .
  • Michael Dünnebier, Eberhard Kittler: Passenger cars of socialist countries. Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-344-00382-8 .

Web links

Commons : IMV  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Company history on the Revoz website ( memento of the original from May 24, 2013 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed February 12, 2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revoz.si
  3. ↑ Dünnebier, Kittler: Passenger Cars of Socialist Countries.
  4. ↑ a b Vermeylen: Cars from the Eastern Bloc. All models since 1945.
  5. ↑ a b Information on AROnline (English, accessed on February 12, 2013)