Kodiak (make of car)

Kodiak was a German car brand.

Company history

The company Speed ​​& Sport GmbH from Stuttgart , headed by Mladen Mitrović, exhibited a sports car they had developed themselves at the 1983 International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main . Then the production began in small series. Production ended in 1985.

vehicles

The only F1 model was a sports car. The coupé with gullwing doors was similar to the Mercedes-Benz C 111 . The body was made of plastic reinforced with aramid ("Kevlar") and carbon fibers. In the first vehicle, a V8 engine from Chevrolet with 5400 cm³ displacement and 348 hp (256 kW) power provided the drive. Other vehicles with the Chevrolet engine followed. Other examples were made with an engine from Daimler-Benz with a capacity of 6000 cc and 550 hp (405 kW). With this engine, the curb weight was specified as 1000 kg, and the acceleration from zero to 200 km / h in less than ten seconds. The vehicle was also available without an engine, so that the buyer could mount an engine of his choice.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Kodiac.

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring
• Michael Banovsky: Weirdcars: Kodiak F1 from November 12, 2014 (English) ( Memento from April 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• Gerrit Reichel: Kodiak F1 Gullwing: Classic Cars. The gullwing with up to 450 hp On: Auto Zeitung from April 15, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Kodiac.
2. ↑ ^{a b} GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring (accessed on November 8, 2012)