Soletta 750
| Soletta | |
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Soletta 750 (1956) |
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| 750 | |
| Presentation year: | 1956 |
| Vehicle fair: | Geneva Motor Show |
| Class : | Small car |
| Body shape : | limousine |
| Engine: |
Otto engine : 0.75 liters (16 kW) |
| Length: | 3000 mm |
| Wheelbase: | 2000 mm |
| Production model: | none |
The Soletta 750 is a concept vehicle presented in 1956 and manufactured in Switzerland .
description
The engineering firm for vehicle construction, Solothurn under the direction of Willi Salzmann began in 1955 in Solothurn with studies for a new type of wheel suspension system for vehicles. When the development was completed, a complete vehicle with this patented elastic rear axle was developed and exhibited at the 1956 Geneva Motor Show . It was a two-door, four-seater small car . The body was manufactured by Carrosserie Hess in Bellach . For the efficient production of the plastic body, which sat with its tubular steel frame on a platform frame, the doors on the right and left, the front and tailgate and diagonally opposite fenders were the same. The driver's door was hinged on the B-pillar and the passenger door on the A-pillar. The air-cooled two-cylinder boxer engine with 748 cm³ displacement and 22 HP (16 kW) output at 4200 rpm came from the Condor works . It was located under the back seat and drove the rear wheels via a three-speed gearbox. The engine and rear axle formed a drive train swing arm, alternating compression made possible rubber-sprung pendulum half - axles . The front wheels were individually suspended from double wishbones . The vehicle had a total length of 3000 mm with a wheelbase of 2000 mm.
The Soletta has been preserved and was on view in a special exhibition in Wangen an der Aare in 2009 . In May 2012 the vehicle was exhibited in the Pantheon Basel in Muttenz .
Gallery images
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5 .
- Ernest Schmid: Swiss cars. Swiss automobile designs from 1868 to the present day. Auto-Jahr, Lausanne 1978, ISBN 2-88001-058-6 .
Web links
- GTÜ Society for Technical Supervision (accessed on October 10, 2013)