Panther Diesel

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Panther Diesel SpA
legal form Spa
founding 1954
resolution 1957
Seat Milan , Italy
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Panther Diesel SpA was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Milan-based company started producing automobiles in 1954. The brand name was Panther . Production ended in 1957.

vehicles

The first model was the 400 D . This was a two-seater small car with front-wheel drive . Unusual which were body from plastic by the Carrozzeria Colli and the motor used. There was a fan-cooled two-cylinder - diesel engine of Moto Rumi with 520 cc displacement , the 12 PS made. The design-related maximum speed was given as 80 km / h. A few copies of this model were produced until early 1957.

From 1957 there was the model 400 B , presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 1957. A gasoline engine (two-cylinder four-stroke engine ) with a displacement of 480 cm³ and 18 hp provided the drive. The body, now designed by Zagato , had been slightly changed and offered space for four people.

Licenses

Salmson , the Industria Sanmarinese Costruzione Automezzi (ISCA) from San Marino and two companies from Argentina and Belgium planned to take over licenses , but nothing came of it.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.