Rapid (microcar)

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Rapid
Rapid
Rapid
Rapid
Production period: 1946-1947
Class : Microcar
Body versions : Roadster
Engines: Otto engine :
0.35 liters (5.9 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase :
Empty weight : 400 kg

The Rapid is a small car from the Swiss manufacturer Rapid Motormower .

Development history

The Rapid company presented the vehicle on September 13, 1946. The vehicle was based on the Superior Standard , a design by Josef Ganz . The vehicles had a single-cylinder engine in the rear that drove the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox without a differential , a central tubular frame and an open, two-seater body. The first vehicles had a two-stroke engine with 200 cm³ or 300 cm³ displacement .

Facelift

At the beginning of 1947 a facelift took place: The front section was redesigned, and now an opposed piston engine from MAG with 350 cm³ displacement (68 mm bore and 96 mm stroke ) and 8 hp provided the drive .

More information

The maximum speed was given as 70 km / h, the weight with 400 kg and the fuel consumption with 5 to 6 liters per 100 km. The sales price in Switzerland was 3600 Swiss francs .

Production ended after 36 vehicles at the end of 1947.

A vehicle can be viewed in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne . Another is in the Louwman Collection in The Hague.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Ernest Schmid: Swiss cars. Swiss automobile designs from 1868 to the present day. Auto-Jahr, Lausanne 1978, ISBN 2-88001-058-6
  • Walter Drawer: Small Cars International . Motorbuch-Verlag. Stuttgart 1999. ISBN 3-613-01959-0
  • Dieter Günther, Rob de La Rive Box, Max Stoop: Swiss automobiles. Passenger cars and special bodies from 1945 until today . Autovision, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-9802766-2-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Swiss cars
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Small Cars International
  4. ↑ a b Swiss automobiles
  5. ↑ Rapid in the Louwman Collection (accessed August 15, 2015)