OSI-Ford 20 M TS

OSI -Ford
OSI-Ford 20 M TS (1967-1968)
20 M TS
Production period:	1967-1968
Class :	Sports car
Body versions :	Coupe
Engines:	Petrol engines : 2.0–2.3 liters (66–79 kW)
Length:	4670 mm
Width:	1808 mm
Height:	1340 mm
Wheelbase :	2705 ​​mm
Empty weight :	1150 kg

The OSI-Ford 20 M TS is a coupé from the Italian car manufacturer Officine Stampaggi Industriali (OSI for short).

description

Rear view

Sergio Sartorelli was responsible for the design in 1965, who also designed the VW Karmann-Ghia Type 34 . The vehicle was technically based on the Ford 20M and was manufactured between 1967 and 1968.

870 cars with a two-liter V6 engine and 409 with a 2.3-liter V6 were registered in Germany at prices of DM 14,900 and DM 15,200 respectively. In 1968 OSI went bankrupt .

In 1967 a convertible version of the OSI-Ford appeared at the Paris Salon, which remained a one-off.

Since 1987 the OSI Owners Association in Germany has been taking care of the legacy of the OSI company with reproductions and annual meetings. From around 2200, other sources speak of 3500 OSI-Ford 20 M TSs, today only around 200 exist.

literature

• Werner Oswald : German Cars 1945–1975 , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1976

Web links

Commons : Ford OSI  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the German OSI interest group (accessed on February 12, 2012)
• Happy bathing with pictures of the OSI-Ford Cabriolet prototype (accessed on February 12, 2012)
• The sports coupe ( accessed February 12, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joachim Kuch: Ford in Germany. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-613-02345-8
2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
3. ^ Nick Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)