- Eucort
Eucort (Eugenio Cortes SA) was a Spanish
automobile manufacturer based atBarcelona from 1945 till 1953cite book |last=Gloor |first=Roger |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Alle Autos der 50er Jahre 1945 - 1960|year=1. Auflage 2007 |publisher=Motorbuch Verlag |location=Stuttgart |id=ISBN 978-3-613-02808-1] .An attempt at creating a "popular car", the first Eucort was based on a prewar
DKW design. It featured a 764 cc twin-cylinder two strokeengine . Output of 23.5 bhp was claimed for this modelcite book |last=Gloor |first=Roger |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Alle Autos der 50er Jahre 1945 - 1960|year=1. Auflage 2007 |publisher=Motorbuch Verlag |location=Stuttgart |id=ISBN 978-3-613-02808-1] . DKW inspriation was also apparent from thefront wheel drive layout. The car was available both as a conventionally styled four door sedan and as a three door estate.The last new model was the Victoria of 1950, which had a 1034 cc three-cylinder engine. Still
two stroke , the engine in this application boasted an output of 31 bhp. By 1951, when the firm ceased production, approximately 1500 Eucorts had been produced, including taxi and cabriolet versionscite book |last=Gloor |first=Roger |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Alle Autos der 50er Jahre 1945 - 1960|year=1. Auflage 2007 |publisher=Motorbuch Verlag |location=Stuttgart |id=ISBN 978-3-613-02808-1] . The business subsequently went into liquidation.References
David Burgess Wise, "The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles".
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