Tarpan Indústria e Comércio de Fiberglass

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Toni Bianco Competições
Tarpan Indústria e Comércio de Fiberglass
legal form
founding 1974
resolution 1983
Seat São Paulo , Brazil
management Ottorino Bianco
Branch Automobiles

Bianco S.

Tarpan Indústria e Comércio de Fiberglass , previously Toni Bianco Competições , was a Brazilian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

In 1974, Ottorino Bianco founded the Toni Bianco Competições company with headquarters in São Paulo and a workshop in Diadema . At first he dealt with racing cars . In 1976 he presented his first automobile at a trade fair. The brand name was Bianco . In 1981 the name was changed to Tarpan Indústria e Comércio de Fiberglass . Production ended in 1983. A total of around 180 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The first model was the Bianco S . The platform frame from the VW Brasília formed the basis . A two-seater coupé body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The vehicles were only 116 cm high. The vehicles were powered by a four - cylinder boxer engine with a displacement of 1600 cm³ , double carburetors and 65  hp .

The slightly revised Bianco SS followed in 1978 .

The Tarpan TS presented in 1981 had a different chassis and an engine from the VW Passat with a displacement of 1600 cm³ and an output of 96 hp. Now a convertible was also offered.

literature

Web links

Commons : Tarpan Indústria e Comércio de Fiberglass  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed September 24, 2016)
  • d'Auto (Dutch, accessed September 24, 2016)
  • Allcarindex (accessed September 24, 2016)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Bianco.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h João F. Scharinger: Lexicar Brasil (Portuguese, accessed September 24, 2016)