
Eucort (Eusebio Cortés SA) was a Spanish
automobile manufacturer based at
Barcelona from 1945 till 1953.
An attempt at creating a "popular car", the first Eucort was based on a prewar
DKW
DKW (''Dampf-Kraft-Wagen'', en, "steam-powered car", also ''Deutsche Kinder-Wagen'' en, "German children's car". ''Das-Kleine-Wunder'', en, "the little wonder" or ''Des-Knaben-Wunsch'', en, "the boy's wish"- from when the company built to ...
design. It featured a 764 cc twin-cylinder two-stroke
engine. Output of was claimed for this model.
[ DKW inspiration was also apparent from the front-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 1,034 cc three-cylinder engine. Still two-stroke, the engine in this application boasted an output of . By 1951, when the firm ceased production, approximately 1,500 Eucorts has been produced, including taxi and cabriolet versions.][ The business subsequently went into liquidation.
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References
David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''.
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Spain
Manufacturing companies based in Barcelona
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