FSC Żuk
" Żuk " ( Polish: " Beetle ") ' is the type designation of various Polish light truck vehicles to 13 February 1998 by Polish manufacturer Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych (short: FSC ) of 24 June 1959, produced in Lublin. In addition to vans and minibuses at times even fire engines were produced. The manufacturer used vehicle racks of car manufacturer FSC Lublin, though usually with the other engine. Partly also Soviet vehicles were produced under license construction. Due to the vehicle base shared the vehicles could be manufactured inexpensively and were popular in Poland. The disadvantage, however, were the inferior processing esp. in the front suspension, the small wheel base and high center of gravity of the vehicles.
Used was the driving technique of Warszawa (license GAZ M20). With the renewed cooperation between Fiat and two Polish vehicle manufacturers (see also Polski Fiat and FSO ) also found Polski Fiat 125p components of use.
Important vehicles for export
In the GDR came primarily three vehicles of the manufacturer for use:
When the engine is in each case by a four-cylinder petrol engine with OHV valve control manufacturer FSO ( in series WxH 82x100, Displacement 2120 cc Power 70 PS/52 kw at 4000 rpm ), as permitted speed is at Model A 03 ( apparently the predecessor of the A 05 / A 06 ) 90 km / h indicated.
The GDR imported again about 6000 ZUK transporter to mitigate the vehicle deficit in this vehicle class. It is the Model A 16B, which was made in the branch in Wegrów from 1976. As a motor fuel efficient 4- cylinder diesel engine, Model 4C90, 2417 cm ³ displacement and PS/52 70 kw at 4200 rpm was the WSW- engine plants Andoria used. It had a trailer hitch for trailers weighing up to 725 kg. Talks with General Motors in 1976 with the aim to build a new vehicle to replace the outdated models under license, failed. Therefore later vehicles from 1977 only had a larger cabin for 6 people and a smaller cargo area and were further made for the Polish market by the end of the company.
The end of the brand Żuk
After the collapse of the Polish economy, the company could not prevail permanently against the overwhelming foreign competition. The concept, inexpensive to build vehicles based on established standard concepts, was not accepted by the market. One of the last vehicles, the rail vehicle MITOR -01 on the basis of a minibus for road transport (prototype 1995, last tests in 2000), did not get beyond the experimental stage.
Until its preliminary end in the spring of 2007, the manufacturer FSC built under a joint venture company and other collaborations own several cars and models from other manufacturers. The Żuk brand but was not revived.