Interstate International
| Interstate International | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1978 |
| resolution | 1980 |
| Seat | Mbabane , Swaziland |
| Branch | Automobiles |
Interstate International was a manufacturer of automobiles from Swaziland .
Company history
The Mbabane company started manufacturing automobiles in 1978. The brand name was Interstate . Production ended in 1980. Interstate Motor Vehicle from South Africa continued production until 1985. In contradiction to this, one source states that the production first took place in South Africa and then in Zimbabwe.
vehicles
The only model was an off-road vehicle . There was a choice of four - cylinder petrol engines from Ford , General Motors and Peugeot , six-cylinder petrol engines from Chrysler , Datsun , Ford, General Motors and Mercedes-Benz, and diesel engines from Mercedes-Benz. The transverse installation of the engines was unusual. An automatic transmission was standard. The vehicles were available with two different wheelbases and with five different bodies.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Interstate Trax.
- 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 , pp. 758-759. (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Interstate Trax.
- ^ 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 , pp. 758-759. (English)
- ↑ a b d'Auto (Dutch, accessed June 18, 2016)
- ↑ a b c d Allcarindex (English, accessed on June 18, 2016)