FSO Syrena Sport: Difference between revisions
I changed place of a photo |
Change some text below a photo |
||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{POV|Neutrality of this article in dispute|date=August 2009}} |
{{POV|Neutrality of this article in dispute|date=August 2009}} |
||
[[Image:Syrena logo.gif|left|Logo]] |
[[Image:Syrena logo.gif|left|Logo]] |
||
[[Image:Syrena sport Albin.jpg|thumb|Syrena sport Albin| SYRENA SPORT CGI |
[[Image:Syrena sport Albin.jpg|thumb|Syrena sport Albin| SYRENA SPORT CGI |
||
We got few archival photos and the blueprints to reproduce the car in 3d. The model and scene was prepared in 3ds max and rendered with Vray. |
We got few archival photos and the blueprints to reproduce the car in 3d. The model and scene was prepared in 3ds max and rendered with Vray. |
||
Finally you can see a perfect mix of photography and CGI (computer generated image).]] |
Finally you can see a perfect mix of photography and CGI (computer generated image).]] |
Revision as of 13:04, 12 January 2011
Syrena Sport was a Polish prototype sports car designed and built in the early 1960s by a group of engineers at the Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych FSO, which due to general economic and political reasons[citation needed] never went into mass production.
Construction
The stylish 2-door fibreglass body was designed by Cezary Nawrot. The typical 2-stroke 2-cylinder S-15 engine did not fit because of the very flat and low bonnet so a new engine had to be designed. This was a 4-cycle 2-cylinder boxer engine designed by Wladyslaw Skoczynski. It was based on the engine block of the French car Panhard Dyna, with cylinders, cylinder heads and pistons from the Polish motorcycle Junak. Connection rods and crankshaft were designed especially for this engine. It had a displacement of 750 cc and developed 25 bhp (19 kW) at 5000 rpm which performed adequately for this light car (710 kg). Some of the mechanical parts, such as the front suspension, steering and transmission were taken from other versions of the Syrena.
History
The prototype was ready in 1960 and was first shown to the public on the 1st of May (Labor Day in Eastern Bloc countries). At the time it was considered the most beautiful car from behind the Iron Curtain in western Europe[citation needed]. Unfortunately, the government found it "too extravagant and imperialistic" and it never went into production[citation needed]. The sole prototype was destroyed in early 1970s.
Bibliography
- Katarzyna Kociuba, "Czysta radość tworzenia" - wywiad z profesorem Cezarym Nawrotem, Automobilista, nr 1/2000
- Andrzej Zieliński: "Polskie konstrukcje motoryzacyjne 1947-1960". Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności, 2006. ISBN 978-83-206-1541-8, p. 36-38
- Z. Glinka, Naprawa samochodów FSO Syrena, Wydawnictwo Komunikacji i Łączności, Warszawa 1969.
- Stanisław Szelichowski, Punkty na zachętę "Motor" 2005 nr 2 (2691)
- Karol Jerzy Mórawski, Syrena. Samochód PRL, Wydawnictwo TRIO, Warszawa 2005
- Zdzisław D. Skoczek, Kulisy Polskiej Motoryzacji: Syrena zdaje egzamin "Motor" 2006 nr 28
- Bernard Vermaylen, "Voitures des Pays de l'Est", ETAI 2008, p. 64-65