Rocar

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ROCAR SA
legal form SA
founding 1951
resolution 2002
Seat Bucharest , Romania
Branch mechanical engineering

The joint stock company ROCAR SA (until 1993 Uzina Autobuzul București or from 1955 to 1970 Uzinele Tudor Vladimirescu ) was a Romanian manufacturer of commercial vehicles that existed from 1951 to 2002 and was based in Bucharest . Manufactured vans , buses and trolleybuses .

history

Bus of the type ROMAN 112-UD, the license production of the MAN metro bus (1994)

The company was founded in 1951 and the first production lines for commercial vehicles and agricultural machines were installed. An in-house sports club was founded in 1953 under the name Autobuzul Bucharest . In 1956 the first motor bus was built on a truck chassis , and in 1957 the range was expanded to include trolleybuses , minibuses and flatbed trucks based on their own designs. From 1968 ROCAR exported vehicles to Eastern European countries , Africa, South America and the Middle East . In 1971 the company bought a license to reproduce diesel engines and vehicles from MAN . Part of the production has been delivered under the Diesel Auto Camion brand (DAC for short) since the 1970s . From 1990 ROCAR cooperated with De Simon , an Italian manufacturer of bus bodies.

Product lines

City buses

Rocar De Simon U 412 in Bucharest
  • U 112

- 27 + 78 + 1 passengers, independent suspension; Diesel engine: D 2156 HM 81 U according to MAN license with 192 HP (141 kW) between the axles; Manual gearbox, 4 + 1 gears; Top speed: 71 km / h

  • U 312

- 25 + 78 + 1 passengers; Rigid axle in front; RABA D 10 UTS engine - 245 HP (180 kW) - Euro 2 between the axles; Automatic transmission Voith DIWA D863.1, 3 + 1 gears; Top speed: 67 km / h

  • U 412 (De-Simon structure)

- 25 + 75 + 1 passengers; Rigid axle in front; Engine: MAN D 0826 LUH 13 - 260 PS (191 kW) - Euro 2; in the stern; Automatic transmission, Voith DIWA D851.2, 3 + 1 gears; Top speed: 75 km / h

- 42 + 102 + 1 passengers; Engine range: D 2156 HM 81 U - 192 PS (141 kW) / D 2156 MT 81 U - 240 PS (176 kW); Manual gearbox, 4 + 1 gears; Top speed: 71 km / h

TV 12 M on Romanian postage stamp
  • Other models: TV 1; TV 2; TV 7 / 71R ( midibus ); TV 35 M ( minibus ); TV 20 U / R ( city / coach ); Roman 108/109 (Midibus); Rocar Montana (midibus); Rocar U 812

Coaches

  • I & T 111

- 43+ (27 at I 111) +1 passengers; Engine range: D 2156 HM 81 U - 192 PS (141 kW) (only I 111) / D 2156 MT 85 U - 240 PS (176 kW) / D 2156 MTN 8 - 256 PS (188 kW); Manual transmission, 5 + 1 gears; Top speed: 110 km / h

  • I & T 311 (with own and purchased engines - Euro 1 & 2)

- 43 + 1 passengers; Engine: Daimler-Benz OM 442 A - 340 PS (250 kW); Manual gearbox, 6 + 1 gears; Top speed: 110 km / h

  • Other models: Rocar Satellit 108 RD (7.7 m long midibus); Rocar Montana 109 RDM

Trolleybuses

Rocar DAC 217 E in Cluj-Napoca

- 28 + 64 + 1 passengers; Motor: TN 76 - 125 kW; Top speed: 60 km / h

  • 312 E (trolleybus with chopper)

- 26 + 69 + 1 passengers; Motor: TN 76 - 125 kW; Top speed: 60 km / h

  • 412 E (trolleybus with chopper, drive motor in the rear overhang)

- 25 + 68 + 1 passengers; Motor: TN 96R - 150 kW; Top speed: 60 km / h

  • 512 E (trolley bus with chopper, drive motor in the rear overhang)

- 20 + 68 + 1 passengers; Motor: TN 76 - 125 kW; Top speed: 60 km / h

  • 217 E (articulated trolleybus)

- 39 + 117 + 1 passengers; Motor: TN 81 - 175 kW; Top speed: 60 km / h

  • Other models: TV 2E; TV 20E; DAC 112 E ; DAC 117 EA; Rocar 812 E.

Light commercial vehicles

TV 12 S ambulance in front of the United Nations Field Hospital in Mogadishu (1993)
  • 33 (F-station wagons / M-minibuses / C-flatbed trucks / A-chassis / FA-workshop trolleys / S-ambulances)

- up to 14 + 1 passengers (minibuses); permissible total weight: 3350 kg / payload: 1200–1400 kg; Engine range: ARO D 127 - 68 PS (50 kW) - diesel / ARO L 25 - 83 PS (61 kW) - petrol; Manual gearbox, 4 or 5 + 1 gears; Drive variants: 4 × 2 and 4x4; Top speed: 100 km / h

  • 40 (F-station wagons / M-minibuses / C-platform trucks / A-chassis / I-refrigerated trucks / CD-double cabins)

- up to 14 + 1 passengers (minibuses); permissible total weight: 4000 kg / payload: 1200–1800 kg; Engine range: ARO D 127 - 68 PS (50 kW) - Diesel / ANDORIA - 90 PS (66 kW) - Diesel - Euro 2; Renault - 106 hp (78 kW) - diesel - Euro 2; Manual gearbox, 4 or 5 + 1 gears; Twin tires on the rear axle; Top speed: 110 km / h

  • Other models: TV 4/41 (M, F, C, S); TV 5/51/52 (M, F, C, S); TV 12 (M, F, C, S); TV 14 (M, F, C, S); TV 14; TV 15; TV 35; TV 105; TV 106; TV 206

Web links

Commons : Rocar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of ROCAR SA at Winne (English)