Hi guys,it’s my first post in here,I thought in suggesting an 90s supermini called the “Gurgel BR800”.
The BR800 was manufactered by Gurgel,the one and only 100% Brazilian manufacter who went bankrupt in the late 90s and is now defunct.It used an 2cylinder air-cooled engine called the “Enertron”,which was an VW Bug engine cut in half
The bodywork was made out of polyester-reinforced plastic,which was cheap and easy to manufacter.The BR800 was the Tucker Torpedo from Brazil,it had a lot of controversy both on the launch and when the company went bankrupt. Although the car wasn’t really a beauty,it was really practical,because of the small engine and the small size it was perfect for the Brazilian cities.
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(Funny fact:In the 80s, Gurgel made an entirely eletric supermii called the “Itaipu”,along other cars,Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurgel )
That’s great. Good old Gurgel might not have been a genius of the design, but had visionary ideas. For example, he was against the use of ethanol or any other biofuel in cars: land should be used for growing food, he said.
The list can be quite large and extensive but trying to put only 5 cars:
Ford GT
Subaru impreza 2nd generation (the one we all remember from rally)
The classic Mini
Opel Insignia
Caterham super 7 (essencially something with no weight in it to be able to make something really fun with a normal engine)