Marques Indústria e Comércio de Veículos

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Marques Indústria e Comércio de Veículos Ltda.
legal form Ltda.
founding 1978
resolution 1980
Seat Cubatão , Brazil
Branch Automobiles

Marques Indústria e Comércio de Veículos Ltda. was a Brazilian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

In 1978, a pair of siblings from Matão acquired the rights to a Malzoni project . They then founded the company in Cubatão and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Marques . Production ended around 1980. A total of twelve vehicles were built.

vehicles

Two-seater sports cars were on offer . The coupe had a fiberglass body . The chassis of the VW Brasília formed the basis . The vehicles were powered by an air-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine with a displacement of 1600 cm³ and twin carburetors .

According to one source, a convertible was developed in 1979, and according to other sources, it was also offered.

In 1979 a version with a water-cooled four - cylinder in- line engine from the VW Passat was also being developed.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Marquez (II).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 958. (English)

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 c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Marquez (II).
  2. ^ 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 , p. 958. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed September 24, 2016)