Orto design

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Orto Design Indústria e Comércio de Veículos
legal form
founding 1982
resolution 1985
Seat Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Branch Automobiles

Orto Design Indústria e Comércio de Veículos was a Brazilian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Alfredo Veiga founded the company in Rio de Janeiro in 1982 . He began with the conversion and later with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Orto Design . Production ended in 1985. In addition to the conversions, a total of 13 vehicles were built.

Another company continued to produce a model under the Emis brand .

vehicles

The conversions were called foot up . On the VW Beetle , the body behind the doors was removed and replaced with a structure made of fiberglass . This is how pick- ups and panel vans with high roofs were created. The position of the engine in the stern prevented a low loading area.

In December 1984 a small car followed , which was only 310 cm long. A fiberglass body was mounted on a steel chassis . An air-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine from Volkswagen do Brasil with a displacement of 1600 cm³ in the rear drove the rear wheels.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed October 27, 2016)