LHM Indústria Mecânicas

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Nurburgring Indústria e Comércio
LHM Indústria Mecânicas Ltda.
legal form Ltda.
founding 1982
resolution ?
Seat Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
management Luis Henrique Mignone
Branch Automobiles

LHM Indústria Mecânicas Ltda. , previously Nurburgring Indústria e Comércio , was a Brazilian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Luis Henrique Mignone founded the company Nurburgring Indústria e Comércio in Rio de Janeiro in 1982 . He started producing automobiles in September 1982. The brand name was LHM , derived from his initials. In 1984 the company name changed to LHM Indústrias Mecânicas Ltda. It is not known when production ended.

While the plans amounted to 30 to 50 vehicles per month, in 1986 only about 7 vehicles per month were sold domestically. The export did not go as expected either.

vehicles

The Phoenix was a replica of the Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (Pagoda) from 1968 to 1971. The chassis of the Chevrolet Opala formed the basis. Its four- and six-cylinder engines powered the vehicles. Another source confirms the four-cylinder engine from the Opala with a displacement of 2500 cc . There was a choice of four- and five-speed transmissions as well as automatic transmissions . The open body was made of fiberglass . In 1984 the Mercedes star was replaced by its own trademark. In the same year a coupé was presented on this basis. From 1986, a tubular frame formed the basis, while a V8 engine of Ford powered the vehicles.

In 1986 a hovercraft was presented.

Also in 1986 the Mignone was presented at an automobile exhibition. The vehicle was only 280 cm long. The base was a tubular frame. A fiberglass body was mounted on top. The prototype had an air-cooled four-cylinder boxer engine from Volkswagen do Brasil with a displacement of 1600 cm³ in the rear. In 1987 the design was redesigned to include water-cooled two - cylinder engines from Fiat with a choice of 650 cc and 29  hp or 800 cc and 44 hp, which were mounted in the front of the vehicle. Nevertheless, the model did not go into series production.

There were also conversions based on the Mercedes-Benz W 201 .

literature

Web links

  • João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed September 24, 2016)
  • d'Auto (Dutch, accessed September 24, 2016)
  • Allcarindex (accessed September 24, 2016)

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 , chapter Phoenix (VI).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed September 24, 2016)