Scaldia

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Sobimpex NV (until 1965)
Scaldia-Volga SA (from 1965)
legal form SA
founding 1960
resolution 1980
Seat Brussels , Belgium
Branch Automobiles

Moskvitch Scaldia
Scaldia Volga
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Scaldia was a Belgian assembly company for automobiles . The brand names were Scaldia , Moskvitch and Volga .

Company history

The company Sobimpex NV from Brussels signed a contract in 1959 with the Ministry responsible for the production of Moskvich and Volga in Moscow and began producing automobiles in Antwerp in 1960 . In 1965 the company was renamed Scaldia-Volga SA. Later, the import of Saporoshez vehicles, which were sold as Yalta and ZAZ , as well as Lada began . Production ended in 1980.

vehicles

The company obtained vehicles from the original manufacturers from the Soviet Union that were missing the engine and the gearbox was not installed.

Moskvich

The Moskvich-408 received a diesel engine from Perkins with 1620 cm³ displacement and 43 hp .

Volga

The GAZ M-21 Volga was available from 1962. He also received the diesel engine from Perkins. From 1964 a Rover diesel engine with 2286 cm³ displacement and 65 hp was available, later also a Peugeot diesel engine . The successor model GAZ-24 Volga was also assembled in Belgium. A version for liquid gas was also shown at the 1971 Brussels Motor Show .

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Scaldia.