Rapid (microcar)
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Production period: | 1946-1947 |
Class : | Microcar |
Body versions : | Roadster |
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Otto engine : 0.35 liters (5.9 kW) |
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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
- GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on December 22, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Swiss cars
- ↑ a b c d e f g Small Cars International
- ↑ a b Swiss automobiles
- ↑ Rapid in the Louwman Collection (accessed August 15, 2015)