DAC-Hungarian automobile plant founded in 1981, previously engaged in the sale of auto parts, and technical maintenance of cars. But by the beginning of the 80s, the company decided to try itself in the automobile construction, and in the future to establish the export of its high-quality cars to many countries of the world … The first of these was the DAC-Jando 750 and 900, which are a utilitarian super-budget car …
Dac-Jando The first car from the Hungarian company DAC!
Introduced in 1984, the first JANDO 750 and 900 marked the start of the DAC company as a car manufacturer, as well as the first small series of budget, simple cars for Eastern Europe (in the future).
And the first jando 750 and 900 Were super-budget simple hatchbacks for city driving!
They received the first DAC engines:
“EM-101 E Con Jetronic” and “M31 Carb”.
“M31”-Simple as an Ilyich light bulb 6 valve 3-cylinder engine, with a volume of 900 cc, with a good old carburetor fuel system, on a 1-chamber carburetor of increased efficiency, an overhead valve, a cast-iron block and cylinder head.
It was simple, unpretentious, and quite reliable in operation, it could travel the distance from the earth to the moon, with proper maintenance, and could be serviced at any service station.
Also, buyers noted the relatively good fuel economy of the engine, as for a carburetor, but there was one drawback - the power, it was a little, but less than that of the “EM-101”, even though the EM-101 was smaller.
“EM-101” - Already a completely different engine, having nothing in common with the “M31”, “EM-101” is already a slightly smaller engine with a volume of 750 cc, already having 12 valves per 3 cylinders, and having a carburetor with a mechanical injector and a proprietary fuel supply system “E-CON”, despite the volume, “EM-101” it already had slightly more power and economy.
It already gave out about 31 hp, saved more fuel, had better throttle response. But of course, the “EM-101” had 3 disadvantages compared to the “M31”:
And finally, the cars themselves were produced in only 3 trim levels:
900 (BASE): Basic model on the basic “M31”, 4-speed manual transmission, with the poorest equipment.
900 (GY): 900 model for people with disabilities, completely manual control of the car, otherwise no different from the basic 900 model.
750 E con: The richest model, with the “EM-101” engine, also a 4-speed manual transmission, but with wider tires, wheel caps included, with a cassette player, a clock, slightly better trim materials, a rear window wiper.
All models had some success in the Eastern European market (in the future) and in the post-Soviet space. The 900 basic configuration was especially in demand, thanks to its simple and reliable engine. Due to this, both the 900 and 750 models were discontinued only in 1999…
That front end reminds me of old škodas.
