- Aero (automobile)
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production = 1929-1947
assembly =Czech Republic
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designer =The Aero was a Czech
automobile , manufactured between 1929 and 1947 by a well-knownaircraft and car-body company owned by one Dr. Kabes in Praha-Vysocany. NowAero Vodochody produces aircraft only.Aero 500 The original model, the "Aero Type 500"
cyclecar , had a 499 cc single-cylinder two-stroke engine with water cooling. Drive was to the rear axle through a 3 speed gearbox to a back axle withoutdifferential . Body styles were a roadster, cabriolet and coupé all with two seats in the front and one in the rear. About 1500 were made.Aero 662 The next model in 1932, the "Type 20", was a 660 cc vertical twin with, among other improvements, four wheel brakes. The most common body was a two door three seat roadster but four door saloons were also made using steel covered timber framed coachwork. A 999 cc 26 bhp engine was available from 1932.
Aero 750 Aero 1000 Aero 1000 SS Aero 30 In 1934 the "Type 30" was announced with a 998 cc 26 bhp twin-cylinder engine,
front wheel drive and all independent suspension. The car could reach 65 mph (105 km/h). About 3000 were made before the war.Aero 50 The last model, the "Type 50", also front-wheel-drive, had a 1997 cc four-cylinder 50 PS (37 kW two-stroke engine with alloy cylinder head and was capable of reaching 78 mph (125 km/h).
After the war the company made the Type 30 until 1947. About 500 were produced with 200 going to France and 100 to Belgium. Design work had been done on a new post war range which would have had hydraulic brakes and four speed gearboxes but they did not go into production. Aero disappeared when the Czech motor industry was nationalised.
Many famous drivers won many events in Aero cars including a third in category on the 1934
Monte Carlo Rally .External links
* [http://www.aero-auto.com Aero Cars Czech Republic]
* [http://www.auto-aero.sk Aero club homepage (in Slovak)]
* [http://auta5p.eu/katalog/aero/aero.htm Aero car pictures]
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/fine-cars/98749885/ Aero Roadster picture from 'FineCars']
* [http://norwegen.piranho.de/Deutschland/Ellringen/Aero%2018%20Roadster_01.htm]
* [http://www.autojawa.com pictures of an Aero 50 restoration story]
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