Beskid was a series of
economy hatchback
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car
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The year 1886 is regarded as ...
prototypes in
Poland designed by
BOSMAL Automotive Research and Development Center during 1982-1986.
The design team was led by Wiesław Wiatrak who later used Beskid as his daily car and finally passed it to a museum in Kraków.
The car never went into
mass production
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; However, it is also suggested that Beskid was in fact a back-up measure if licensing talks were unsuccessful; finally
Fiat Cinquecento
The Fiat Cinquecento (Type 170) (, ) is a front engine front-wheel-drive, four passenger, three door hatchback city car, manufactured and marketed by Fiat from 1991 to 1998 over a single generation.
It was manufactured at Fiat Auto Poland, wh ...
was produced in FSM. While all seven Beskid prototypes were slated for destruction, six were saved. One was used for crash test, and remaining six are located in various institutions in Poland:
* Museum in Warsaw - Yellow
* Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej in Kraków - Two, white and green
* Politechnika Opolska - White
* Muzeum Techniki i Komunikacji in Szczecin - Green
* BOSMAL museum at BOSMAL facility in Bielsko Biała - Cream
The
body style was patented, but BOSMAL lacked funds for the extension of the patent.
The name comes from the
Beskids mountains.
External links
BOSMAL website
- history and pictures (English)
References