PZInż 403 Lux-Sport was a car designed by the Państwowe Zakłady Inżynieryjne (PZInż).

History

In 1934 the Państwowe Zakłady Inżynieryjne started work on a Polish luxury car for government officials that would replace foreign automobiles. The project was led by Kazimierz Studzinski, and in five months the car was designed and a chassis was complete. The car was of a simple, yet modern construction designed by Alexsander Rummel and Mieczysław Dębicki based on a central frame of two C-profiled beams. The car was called the Lux-Sport (or L-S) and had a completely

independent suspension Independent suspension is any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i.e. reacting to a bump on the road) independently of the others. This is contrasted with a beam axle or deDion axle system in ...

and used very long torsion bars as springing elements. The number of produced prototypes is not known, but at least one complete prototype, and one chassis for exhibitions were built. The PZInż 403 could have entered production in the 1940s, but the plans were abruptly stopped by the outbreak of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Though the prototype did not survive the war, the chassis was found after the war on a scrapyard. Today it is in the Museum Techniki in Warsaw.

Specifications

* Pzinż 405 V8 engine, 3,8 L (3888 cm³), 96 HP at 3600 rpm, compression ratio 6.5:1 water-cooled * 4-speed manual, electromagnetic planetary gearbox "Cotal"http://autokult.pl/images/2010/12/Skrzynia-Cotal.pdf - Cotal gearbox patent nr.27572 (pl) (similar to the modern Fiat Selespeed) * 12V electrical system * Fully independent

double wishbone suspension A double wishbone suspension is an independent suspension design for automobiles using two (occasionally parallel) wishbone-shaped arms to locate the wheel. Each wishbone or arm has two mounting points to the chassis and one joint at the knuckl ...

on each of four wheels, with height regulation from within the cabin * Top speed: 135 km/h * Weight: 1200 kg

References

External links

{{commons category, PZInż 403 LS
PZInż's 1936 Lux-Sport Prototype - Pictures and history (English)

Cars of Poland 1930s cars