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Aero (Czechoslovakia) History

 Automotive manufacturer of Czechoslovakia From 1929 to 1951.

Aero ( Czechoslovakia )  Automotive manufacturer of Czechoslovakia From 1929 to 1951.

Founded in 1919, Aero based in Prague ( Czechoslovakia ) initially produced aircraft. From 1929, the product range was expanded to automobiles and light commercials due to the economic situation .

History

Aero produced five different production models, various race and test vehicles and prototypes in the course of its automobile production.

The first model Aero 10 (also called Aero 500) was based on the Enka of Břetislav Novotný. The two-stroke - single-cylinder engine made 10 hp from 500 cc displacement . By 1932, 1360 vehicles were built.

From 1931 the Aero 18 (also Aero 662) was added.

This had a two-stroke - two-cylinder engines with 662 cc and 18 hp. From 1931 to 1934 2692 vehicles were produced.

In the years 1933 and 1934, the Aero 20 (also Aero 1000) was produced in relatively small numbers. The engine had been extended to 1000 cc and 24 hp.

These first three models had rear-wheel drive. Until 1932, all had only one door on the right, then a second door.

From 1934 a sporty front-wheel drive with the type designation Aero 30 1000 cc (22 kW / 30 hp) and from 1936 a four-cylinder engine Aero 50 2000 cc (37 kW / 50 hp) produced. These vehicles had a hydraulic brake system and swing axles. Of the type Aero 30 were built from 1934 to 1947 7964 pieces, type Aero 50 1205 vehicles from 1936 to 1941.

These models were mostly designed as sports cars - two-seater roadster with a seat behind. But there were also full open or closed four-seaters. Individual vehicles were also delivered as commercial vehicles.

During the war, two prototypes, Aero P 750 Pony and Aero R 1500 Record, were developed for post-war production. Although orders from abroad were already in place, the car industry of the former Czechoslovakia , which was nationalized in the autumn of 1945, decided not to build the models and concentrate production exclusively on aircraft.

To the business not to be still completely missed and yet the foreign buyers with vehicles of the brand satisfy Aero, which at was Jawa in the war years, two-cylinder model developed (616 15kW cc) Jawa Minor II in Aero Minor renamed produced in other works and distributed under this name. The Minor was a spacious and sporty successful vehicle .

Commercial vehicles

The Aero A 150 (also Aero 150) had a four-cylinder four-stroke engine, 2090 cc and 55 hp. At a curb weight of 1800 kg, its payload was 1500 kg. 

The model corresponded to the Škoda 150 produced from 1939 to 1942 and was manufactured by Aero from 1946 to 1947. 

Until 1951 with the 11/2-ton L-150 truck based on the Skoda model. This had a 52bhp 2.09-litre 4-cyl overhead-valve petrol engine, but by 1951 had been re-designated the Praga and continued as A150.

The production ended in 1951, after the production facilities for military supplies were claimed.

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  • List of Aero automobiles 

    Designation

    Type

    Years of production

    Made

    cylinders

    Displacement

    Performance

    Max. speed

    Aero 500

    small

    1929–1933

    1359

    1

    500 cm³

    10 HP (7.5 kW)

    70 km / h

    Aero 662

    small 

    1931–1934

    2615

    2

    662 cm³

    18 HP (13.5 kW)

    90 km / h

    Aero 1000

    small

    1932–1934

    236

    2

    999 cm³

    26 HP (19 kW)

    100 km / h

    Aero 30

    small

    1934–1947

    7964

    2

    998 cm³

    30 HP (22 kW)

    100 km / h

    Aero 50

    medium

    1936–1942

    1205

    4

    1997 cm³

    48 HP (35 kW)

    130 km / h

    Aero Pony

    small

    1941

    2 prototypes

    2

    745 cm³

    21 HP (15 kW)

    110 km / h

    Aero Record

    medium

    1945

    2 prototypes

    4

    1491 cm³

    39 HP (29 kW)

    120 km / h

    Aero 150

    light truck

    1945–1947

    <1000?

    4

    2091 cm³

    52 HP (38.5 kW)

    80 km / h

    Aero Minor II

    small

    1946–1951

    14 187

    2

    615 cm³

    20 HP (14.5 kW)

    90 km / h

     

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