Intermeccanica International

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Intermeccanica International Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1982
Seat New Westminster , Canada
management Henry Reisner
Number of employees 7th
Branch Automobiles
Website www.intermeccanica.com

Intermeccanica Roadster
Intermeccanica Kubelwagen

Intermeccanica International Inc. is a Canadian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frank Reisner , who previously founded Costruzione Automobili Intermeccanica in Italy and Automobili Intermeccanica and Laguna Coachworks in the USA, moved to Vancouver , Canada in 1982 . There he founded the new company and immediately began producing automobiles. The brand name is Intermeccanica . Later his son Henry Reisner took over the management. The company's headquarters are in New Westminster , Greater Vancouver .

vehicles

The first model to appear was the Intermeccanica Roadster , which Reisner had designed in the USA. Initially, a shortened chassis from the VW Beetle formed the basis. In 1985 Reisner developed his own ladder frame, which replaced the VW platform from 1986.

In 1994, work began on the Intermeccanica Kubelwagen as a replica of the VW Type 82 . The idea came from Masaaki Horii, the Japanese importer. The model was launched after 18 months of development. A separate chassis forms the basis. An air-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine with a displacement of 1600 cm³ in the rear drives the rear wheels. At least earlier, a larger engine with a displacement of 2100 cc and 135  hp was also available.

According to the company, both of the above models were in the range in December 2016. Air-cooled engines with 72 HP to 165 HP, water-cooled engines from Volkswagen , Audi and Subaru with 120 HP to 200 HP as well as an air-cooled six-cylinder engine with 3600 cm³ displacement and 285 HP are mentioned.

literature

  • Andrew McCredie: Intermeccanica. The Story of the Prancing Bull . Veloce Publishing, Poundbury 2010, ISBN 978-1-84584-249-9 (English).
  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Intermeccanica.
  • 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. 116. (English)

Web links

Commons : Intermeccanica International  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ zoominfo (accessed December 17, 2016)
  2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Intermeccanica.
  3. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 116. (English)
  4. ^ A b c d e Andrew McCredie: Intermeccanica. The Story of the Prancing Bull . Veloce Publishing, Poundbury 2010, ISBN 978-1-84584-249-9 , pp. 145-164 (English).
  5. ↑ Information from the company on the model range (accessed on December 17, 2016)