Minelli AG

Minelli AG
legal form	AG
founding	1961
Seat	Pfäffikon , Switzerland
Branch	mechanical engineering
Website	www.minelli.ch

emblem

Minelli TF 1800

The Minelli AG is a Swiss company in the mechanical engineering and was a manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Mr. Minelli founded the company in Pfäffikon in 1961 , which has been active in the mechanical engineering sector ever since. Later his son Reto Minelli took over the management of the company. In 1995 work began on an automobile. The first two prototypes were exhibited at the Geneva Motor Show in 1998 . The brand name was Minelli . Subsequent production ran until 2001. Around 30 vehicles were built each year. Then Bloch Autotechnik took over the project.

vehicles

The only model Minelli TF 1800 was a nostalgia vehicle. Hans Peter Sutter was the designer. It was a replica of the MG TF from 1953. The tubular steel frame and the chassis were our own designs. An open, two-seater roadster body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. For driving a saw Ford Zetec - four-cylinder engine with 1796 cc displacement and 115 hp . The new price was 62,500 Swiss francs or around 85,000 DM .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Minelli.
• 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. 1039. (English)

Web links

Commons : Minelli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Company website (accessed March 19, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1039. (English)
2. ↑ ^{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 Minelli.