Ledl 1979-1987 - Alpenglühn
Summary
There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these brands that disappeared not so long ago is Ledl, which produced sports cars in Austria from 1979 to 1987. The focus was on inexpensive mechanical components and was aimed at enthusiasts of the special. Most of the cars went to Germany.
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In Tattendorf, south of Vienna, 30-year-old Günter Ledl began building his own sports car in 1979. He had experience in the production of buggies and classic car imitations based on VW Beetles. The Ledl Tanga, a racy, 109 cm flat hatchback coupé with slats above the rear window, had its own chassis frame. The passenger compartment, designed as a sound-absorbing tub, was surrounded by a safety cage made of steel profiles. In order to save costs, a mechanism from the Ford large series was chosen for the elaborate mid-engine plastic coupé. It offered the advantage of low fuel consumption, but also remained modest in terms of power delivery. In addition to the 1.3-liter engine with 69 hp from the Fiesta, the potent 1.6-liter version from the Escort XR 3 with 96 hp was also offered, which made it possible to break through the 200 km/h barrier. From the 1981 IAA, the models were called the AS 130 and AS 160 (AS = Austrian Sportcar). In the meantime, the body and equipment had been refined in numerous stages. Chassis parts and instruments also came from Ford, while some other parts were sourced from other series manufacturers.
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