Talleres Zaragoza

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The Talleres Zaragoza SA presented interlocutory 1956 and 1960 in Zaragoza a Spanish small cars here, they TZ Sider or short- Sider called.

Talleres Zaragoza SA's production facility was located on Paseo San Juan de la Peña 42 on the left bank of the Ebro . It appeared on the Spanish market at the same time as the Seat 600 , which at the time was protected by customs duties and import quotas.

There are various figures about the number of units produced: According to one source, 15 to 20 cars were produced, according to another 10. The Síder was produced between 1956 and 1958, although the latter figure is not certain because Spanish automobile historian Gimeno Valledor on the production period 1960 expands. All models made were red.

The advertisements of the time touted the car with sentences like " Didn't have to be brought in to warm up " or " Didn't freeze in winter " to indicate the fact that its small two-cylinder two- stroke engine was air-cooled .

Compared to its competitors, the Lloyd Alexander , the Goggomobil , the BMW Isetta or the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller, the car was to be regarded as a modern design, because it had a self-supporting body in the shape of a pontoon . To compensate for the flat windscreen, it had a panoramic rear window similar to the Opel Rekord P1 . Even the independent suspension was by no means common at that time.

Technical specifications

The technical data come from the advertisements of that era and the book "Historia del automóvil en Zaragoza" by Pablo Valdés Salinas. Data from other sources are given in brackets:

  • Engine : air-cooled two-cylinder engine of 296 cm³ displacement (other sources 350 cm³) of 58 × 56 mm (62 × 58 mm), which achieved an output of 14.8 HP (18 HP) at 5,000 / min (4,000 / min), Aluminum cylinder head , cast cylinder, magneto ignition
  • Gearbox : four-speed gearbox with four forward and one reverse gears with a single-disk dry clutch
  • Suspension : Independent front suspension with trapezoidal triangular wishbones and coil springs , rear with pendulum axle and coil springs and hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers on all four wheels
  • Chassis : Self-supporting body for four seats and two doors
  • Wheels: four 4.5 × 10 tires, drum brakes at the front and rear
  • External dimensions: length 3.28 m × width 1.30 m × height 1.30 m
  • Weight: 460 kg (450 kg)
  • Wheelbase: 1,090 mm, center distance: 2,000 mm
  • Top speed: 80 km / h (95 km / h)
  • Consumption: 4.6 liters per 100 km of the two-stroke mixture 40: 1

Curiosities

Originally the model was supposed to be called “ Líder ” (Spanish leader) because an L appeared much more aesthetic. But when the patent was about to be applied for, the patent office found out that there was already a patent on a Líder, whereupon the decision was made for " Síder " because the "L" could also be read as an "S".

It seems that Talleres Zaragoza sent the vehicle's data to the Swiss “ Automobil Revue ”, as it had appeared in this prestige magazine for many years.

Many older residents of Zaragoza still remember this car today: For many years in Zaragoza you could see a TZ Síder with a driver and a boss in the back seat.

Web links

literature

  • Gimeno Valledor, Pablo: El automóvil en España - su historia y sus marcas , Ed. Real Automóvil Club de España, ISBN 84-604-7935-8
  • Valdés Salinas, Pablo: Historia del automóvil en Zaragoza , Ed. Alacet, Saragossa 1994