Tander Car

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Thunderbuggy
Tander Car Indústria e Comércio de Veículos Ltda.
legal form Ltda.
founding 1970s
resolution 1981
Seat São Paulo , Brazil
Branch Automobiles

Tander Car Indústria e Comércio de Veículos Ltda. , initially Thunderbuggy , was a Brazilian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from São Paulo initially drove VW buggies of GlasPac . In 1975 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Tander . Production ended in 1981 when L'Automobile Distribuidora de Veículos took over the company.

vehicles

The first model was a replica of the Bugatti Type 35 sports car from 1927. The basis was an uncut chassis from Volkswagen do Brasil . An open, doorless body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. An air-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine with 1500 cm³ displacement at the rear drove the rear wheels. Five of these vehicles could be built per month.

In 1976 another Bugatti replica followed with the model name Royale , but not the Bugatti Royale . The two-door body was designed differently, especially in the front area.

At the same time, the company sold the Glaspac buggies under its own brand name as Tander Buggy , TB for short , and from 1978 as Tander Car . A pick-up on this basis was at least planned.

Also in 1978, a replica of a 1929 Ford Model A came on the market. The model called Phor 1.6 also had a VW engine in the rear.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed on November 3, 2016)