Uri (vehicle brand)

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Uri in Walvis Bay (2007)

Uri is an African vehicle brand.

Brand history

Farmer Ewert Smith manufactured off-road vehicles with the brand name Uri , initially to order from 1995 and in series from October 1999. The company name and the place of production changed several times. For the year 2000, Uri Off Road Vehicles Ltd. from Damaraland , Witvlei for 2001 and Uri Offroad Vehicles (Pty) Ltd from Windhoek for 2005 . The saved versions of the company's website give Uri Offroad Vehicles (Pty) Ltd. from August 10, 2001 to September 30, 2002 . and from April 11, 2003 to June 25, 2007 Uri Holdings (Pty) Ltd. on. 2005 it was announced that in South Africa a licensed production took place - another source is as the start date for the South African production in February of 2004. Production in Namibia ended around 2007 .

Uri Vehicle Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd. from the South African Pretoria , which belonged to the armaments company Ivema , continued production from around 2007. The Uri Vehicle Manufacturing website states that Ngwane Ordinance took over the majority of the shares in Uri in 2006, incorporated it into the Ngwane Defense Group and, in 2008, moved into new 2600 m² factories in east Pretoria. C. Stockenström was a member of the board . At the end of April 2014 this company was dissolved.

Step It-Up Service Solutions acquired the trademark rights in March 2015, founded Uri Purposley Built Vehicles (Pty) Ltd. (also written Uri Purposely Built Vehicles (Pty) Ltd. ) based in Rustenburg and continues production.

Manufacturer

Below are the names of the various manufacturers according to the German car catalogs. Other sources differ in part.

Year of indication Company name Seat source
2001 Uri Off Road Vehicles Ltd. Witvlei, Namibia
2002 Uri (Pty) Ltd. Witvlei, Namibia
2003 Uri (Pty) Ltd. Witvlei, Namibia
2004 Uri Off Road Vehicles (Pty) Ltd. Windhoek, Namibia
2005 Uri Offroad Vehicles (Pty) Ltd. Windhoek, Namibia
2006 Uri Offroad Vehicles Ltd. Pretoria, South Africa
2007 Uri Vehicle Manufacturing Pretoria, South Africa
2008 Ivema (Pty) Ltd. Pretoria, South Africa
2009 Ivema (Pty) Ltd. Pretoria, South Africa
2010 URI Vehicle Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd. Pretoria, South Africa
2011 URI Vehicle Manufacturing Pretoria, South Africa
2012 Ivema (Pty) Ltd. Pretoria, South Africa
2013 Ivema (Pty) Ltd. Pretoria, South Africa

vehicles

URI in use on a farm in Namibia (2013)

Off-road vehicles are on offer, which are often bodied as pick-ups . A stable tubular frame forms the basis. A self-supporting body is mounted on top. Initially the vehicles only had two-wheel drive, later also all-wheel drive . Various petrol and diesel engines power the vehicles, which mostly come from Toyota , according to a source initially also from Peugeot .

The company names three different engines in 2016: a four-cylinder diesel engine with 92 mm bore , 92 mm stroke , 2446 cm³ displacement with 55 kW output, a five-cylinder diesel engine with 99.5 mm bore, 96 mm stroke, 2986 cm³ displacement and 67 kW output and a four-cylinder gasoline engine with 91 mm bore, 86 mm stroke, 2237 cm³ displacement and 70 kW output. With a wheelbase of 315 cm, the vehicles are 485 cm long, 168 cm wide and 185 cm high. The curb weight is given as 1690 kg.

Various commercial vehicle bodies are available. Passenger cars have not been handed down.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed July 23, 2016)
  2. ↑ a b c Eligiusz Mazur: 2005 · 2006. One of the largest car directories in the world. World of Cars. Worldwide catalog. Encyclopedia of today's car industry. ( online ; English)
  3. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Uri.
  4. ↑ a b Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2002. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2001, p. 320.
  5. ↑ to the company (English) ( Memento of 10 August 2001 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ to the company (English) ( Memento of 30 September 2002 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ to the company (English) ( Memento of 11 April 2003 at the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ a b Company information ( Memento from June 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ A b Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2006. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2005, p. 288.
  10. ↑ a b Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2008. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2007, p. 283.
  11. ↑ a b website of Uri Vehicle Manufacturing (English) ( Memento from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ a b c d e Uri product catalog, September 2015 ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.servsolutions.co.za
  13. ↑ Company report from Propiq (English, accessed on 23 July 2016)
  14. ^ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2003. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2002, p. 311.
  15. ↑ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2004. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2003, p. 300.
  16. ^ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2005. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2004, p. 288.
  17. ^ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2007. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2006, p. 289.
  18. ^ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto catalog 2009. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2008, p. 283.
  19. ^ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2010. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2009, p. 280.
  20. ^ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2011. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2010, p. 280.
  21. ^ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2012. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2011, p. 279.
  22. ^ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2013. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 2012, p. 279.
  23. ↑ Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2014. Motor Presse Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2013, p. 289.
  24. ↑ a b c d e George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1645 (English).