Aero Minor
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Aero_Minor_Sport_%281947%29_na_Pra%C5%BEsk%C3%A9_noblese_2019.jpg/170px-Aero_Minor_Sport_%281947%29_na_Pra%C5%BEsk%C3%A9_noblese_2019.jpg)
The Aero Minor is a Czech automobile that was manufactured by Aero from 1946 to 1952. It was designed by Jawa Motors engineers on their previous Jawa Minor design; they worked on it secretly during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.[1] It have a two-cylinder, two-stroke engine with 615cc displacement and front wheel drive. The engine produced 20 hp and it had a fuel consumption of 8 l/100 km.[2] It carried heavy-looking saloon and station wagon bodies. A sports version Aero Minor Sport competed at 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1949, where it won in it's class the second place.[3]
References
- ^ "Za první republiky vyráběly osobní auta. Připomeňte si pohrobky českých automobilek". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Small Car". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Unikátní české auto soupeřilo s Ferrari. Aero Minor Sport, hvězda závodu Le Mans". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 21 October 2018.
Sources
^ Hans-Otto Neeubauer, "A.A.G.", in G.N. Georgano, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885-1968 (New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974), pp.28. Library of Congress Card No 68-22674.