Pegaso Type 102 Brochure

[Sauc3]

From 1951. Excuses about the size, it's perhaps just readable, but I thought it'd be interesting regardless.

Enjoy.

[Sauc3]

Pegaso Type 102 Brochure #2

[Ferrer]

Brilliant, thanks for sharing.

[dydzi]

awesome!

[orshow]

Nice one sauc3

[faksta]

WOW thanks a lot, Sauc3!

[Manel Baró]

Depicts the very first Z-102 (serial nº ...101), powered by the V8 2.5 litre engine. Unveiled at the Penya Rhin G.P. held in the urban circuit of Pedralbes ( Oct.1951).Later on, received a 2.8 litre powerplant. Dismantled on 1958.

[MartB]

Thanks a lot. Pagaso are wonderful cars.

[henk4]

Originally Posted by Manel Baró

Depicts the very first Z-102 (serial nº ...101), powered by the V8 2.5 litre engine. Unveiled at the Penya Rhin G.P. held in the urban circuit of Pedralbes ( Oct.1951).Later on, received a 2.8 litre powerplant. Dismantled on 1958.

I hate the word "dismantled". Was it a voluntary decision by somebody?

[LeonOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by henk4

I hate the word "dismantled". Was it a voluntary decision by somebody?

what about when they dismantled the first carbon fiber road car , the Countach Evoluzione?

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by henk4

I hate the word "dismantled". Was it a voluntary decision by somebody?

Bear in mind that after the Pegaso programme was ended they weren't exactly loved here...

[LeonOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

Bear in mind that after the Pegaso programme was ended they weren't exactly loved here...

what happened? teach me plz

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead

what happened? teach me plz

In postwar Spain (which was a very poor country indeed) the last people needed was a very expensive sportscar, with (for the mechanics at the time, as Manel hinted in a post) complex engineering. So in the 60's and 70's they were forgotten and neglected.

I wouldn't suprise me if the original Z-102 was dismantled because some parts or materials were needed for something more utilitarian (or perhaps for another Z-102).

[LeonOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

In postwar Spain (which was a very poor country indeed) the last people needed was a very expensive sportscar, with (for the mechanics at the time, as Manel hinted in a post) complex engineering. So in the 60's and 70's they were forgotten and neglected.

I wouldn't suprise me if the original Z-102 was dismantled because some parts or materials were needed for something more utilitarian (or perhaps for another Z-102).

ok, I figured that out, but I thought something more intriguing/telenovelas was going on too. (I'm bored)

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead

ok, I figured that out, but I thought something more intriguing/telenovelas was going on too. (I'm bored)

Nope, I'm afraid not...

It is true though that the regime wanted Pegaso to make sportscar at a third of the cost or set up a racing department that would start winning grand prixs immediately.

Ricart on the other hand just intended the programme to train qualified workers by working in advanced sportscars. But when it was clear that it wasn't going anywhere and that they were losing massive amounts of money the ended it in 1957, and concentrated on the much more profitable truck bussiness.

Even so until the very end Ricart tried saving the sportscar division, by introducing the simpler Z-103, with a pushrod V8. But even that wasn't successful.