Aro 10.4 is a three door, five seater combi all terrain vehicle. It uses the I.A.P. 810-R-99 1289 cmc engine from Dacia 1300. The Aro 10.4 has a 2.4 m wheel base, 0.225 m ground clearance, weighs 1100 kg and holds a 46 l fuel tank. The 54 HP at 5250 rpm engine drives the car to a maximum speed of 115 km/h.
Some images with a very nice red Aro 10.4
Bibliography:
Autoturisme si performante, AUREL BREBENEL, DUMITRU VOICHIN, 1983
Autoturismul Dacia 1410 Sport este destinat transportului de persoane, având o caroserie sudată tip „Coupe cu 2 uşi”. Este dotată cu motorul tip 102.00, având cilindreea de 1397 cmc, raportul de comprimare 9,6 : 1, puterea maximă 65 CP (DIN) la 5250 rot/ min şi un cuplu maxim 10,2 kgfm la 3000 rot/ min. La acest autoturism se pot monta cutii de viteze cu patru (tip 352) şi cinci trepte (tip 365) şi ambreiaje de tip 180 DBR sau 170 DBR. Prezintă în interior un confort sporit, concretizat prin: climatizor îmbunătăţit şi eficace; scaune stilizate anatomice şi cu rezemătoare de cap; oglindă interior zi-noapte; mânere de viraj; set radio-casetofon etc.
Bibliografie:
Autoturisme Dacia, CORNELIU MONDIRU, Editura Tehnica, 1990
AUTOSHOW magazine 23/2007
Slideshow video about Dacia Sport, made by admin.
Dacia MD87 is a mid-engined rear-wheel drive coupe prototype developed by Engineer Nicolae Cosmescu. The MD87 uses a modified Dacia Sport bodywork, with the engine moved in the back while in front remained only the radiator and spare wheel. The clutch cable is 3 m long, and that made it hard to push the clutch pedal. It was fixed by making it hydraulic.
The whole car was made in 3 months, and it could have taken less than that if Eng. Cosmescu was pleased with the initial red paint of the coupe. The MD are the initials of engineer`s wife and son : Monica and Dragos. A later version had hidden headlamps.
The sports prototype had as inspiration the Ford GT40. We can observe similar names as well. This must be the most valueable Dacia vehicle ever made, the whereabouts of any of the versions are unknown.
Magazine scans of Dacia MD87 articles.
Bibliography:
AUTOSHOW magazine 1-2/2008
AUTOTURISM magazine 8/1992
La sfarsitul anului 1971 a fost omologat si produs autoturismul Dacia 1100 S, pentru curse automobilistice. Motorul acestei masini, la cilindree de 1 108 cmc si la un raport de compresie volumetric de 9,5 : 1, dezvolta 60 CP/ 5 500 rot/ min si un cuplu maxim de 8,2 mdaN/ 3 000 rot/ min, fiind echipat cu carburator Weber cu dublu corp. Autotursimul – astfel echipat – parcurgea 1 000 m, cu utilizarea tuturor treptelor de viteza, in 37,8 secunde si atingea viteza maxima de 145 km/ h. Motorul era dezvoltat de Regia Renault impreuna cu Amedeo Gordine. Au fost produse 100 de bucati.
Bibliografie:
CHIRIAC VASILIE, Automobilul in Romania, 1994, Editura Flux
DeAGOSTINI, Masini de Legenda magazine nr. 5
Dacia 1100 Club meeting video.
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