Warszawa (car brand)
Warszawa was a Polish car brand from Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych , FSO for short from Warsaw . 250,471 copies were made between 1951 and 1973.
vehicles
M 20
From November 1951, the Soviet GAZ-M20 Pobeda was initially assembled from parts supplied in the Warsaw factory. By the end of 1956, the parts were gradually produced in Poland. The hatchback had four doors. The engine was a four-cylinder gasoline engine with OHV valve control (in series W × H 82 × 100, displacement 2120 cm³), which initially made 50 hp, later 70 hp / 52 kW at 4000 rpm.
The car called Warszawa was later delivered as an ambulance, a film projection car and a pick-up. In 1957, the front got a new grille.
The ZUK and Nysa vans were manufactured on the basis of the M 20 from 1959 .
203/204 and 223/224
The further developed successor model 203 appeared in 1964 with a notchback body and in 1967 as a station wagon . In addition, were vans and pick-ups made on this basis. On the drive side, it was still the 2.1 l four-cylinder engine with 70 hp and a 3-speed manual transmission. The far raised front section and small window areas of the previous type remained largely unchanged. The sturdy-looking car was advertised by the manufacturer with a comfortable interior, high suspension comfort even on bad roads, and with its effective heating and ventilation system.
In 1969 it was renamed 223 due to protests by the French car manufacturer Peugeot .
| 203 (year of construction 1964) | |
|---|---|
| construction time | 1964-1973 |
| engine | Four cylinders - OHV - four stroke - gasoline engine , water-cooled |
| Bore x stroke | 82x100 mm |
| Displacement | 2120 cc |
| compression | 7.5: 1 |
| power | 70 HP / 4000 min -1 |
| Torque | 15 kpm / 2500 min −1 |
| transmission | 3-speed manual transmission |
| chassis | Frame construction |
| Front suspension | Coil springs |
| Rear suspension | Longitudinal leaf springs |
| Brakes | Drums front / back |
| Tires | 6.40-15 |
| wheelbase | 2700 mm |
| Length × width × height | 4740 mm × 1695 mm × 1565 mm |
| Empty weight | ? |
| Ground clearance | 19 cm |
| Top speed | ? |
| number of pieces | ? |
210
This 1964 model with a more modern sleek notchback body drawn by the Italian Carrozzeria Ghia remained a prototype.
Others
A 1958 Warszawa that had been owned by Karol Józef Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II) for almost 19 years was offered for sale on eBay in May 2006 . The auction ended on June 2, 2006 with an offer of $ 98,900 . In 2012 this vehicle was acquired by the real estate agent Marek Schramm.
literature
- Bernard Vermeylen: FSO: The foundation of the Polish auto industry . In: Cars from the Eastern Bloc , Verlag Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-7688-3149-9 ; Pp. 67-70
- Passenger cars from Zeran in: Motor vehicle technology , issue 1/1952, p. 13 and 3/1952, p. 90
- Technical details of the "M-20 Warszawa" in: Motor vehicle technology , issue 7/1953, pp. 215-217
- Roger Gloor: Post-war car from 1945–1960. Hallwag-Verlag, Bern and Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-444-10263-1
- Roger Gloor: Passenger Cars of the 1960s. Hallwag-Verlag, Bern 1984, ISBN 3-444-10307-7
Web links
- GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on December 22, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Commercial vehicles on M-20 Warszawa . In: Motor vehicle technology , issue 6/1960, p. 228
- ↑ Warszawa 203. In: Motor vehicle technology 9/1964, p. 354.
- ↑ http://www.lvz-online.de/nachrichten/mitteldeutschland/bastler-aus-ilmenau-restauriert-auto-von-papst-johannes-paul-ii--kostspielige-anschaltung/r-mitteldeutschland-a-233277. html
- ↑ http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/zgt/leben/detail/-/specific/Ilmenauer-faehrt-im-Privatwagen-von-Papst-Johannes-Paul-II-nach-Rom-189070395
