JC What is it (I forgot the count) - SOLVED by Djetset and shamrock: ATW Chico

DeAutogids · April 04, 2011, 02:23:56 PM

Please identify this car for 1 point.
(I am not even sure how many puzzles I posted)

DeAutogids · April 11, 2011, 01:52:12 PM

No replies so far. The picture is fairly recent.

DeAutogids · April 26, 2011, 06:21:48 AM

No replies, moving up

Wendax · April 26, 2011, 08:11:59 AM

Although such transporters often come from Austria or Switzerland, the RHD makes me wonder: From the UK?

DeAutogids · April 26, 2011, 01:41:51 PM

Not any of these countries.

DeAutogids · April 26, 2011, 01:42:23 PM

Hint: Note the PTO

guido66 · April 26, 2011, 02:20:10 PM

Spijkstaal?

DeAutogids · April 26, 2011, 03:38:19 PM

No

Djetset · April 26, 2011, 05:45:02 PM

Chico?

Wendax · April 27, 2011, 12:39:09 PM

European?

guido66 · April 27, 2011, 01:15:29 PM

Let's wait for DeAutogids, Wendax. Djetset has got it

shamrock · April 28, 2011, 02:01:47 PM

made in donegal, ireland , I should no the name , afterall I am Irish it will come to me .

shamrock · April 28, 2011, 02:17:53 PM

Its an atw, 150 were made betwen 1985 and 1992

DeAutogids · April 28, 2011, 02:57:20 PM

Quote from: Djetset on April 26, 2011, 05:45:02 PM
Chico?

It's not entirely right, as Shamrock noted below.
I am going to award you the point and Shamrock as well. I was away, otherwise I would have blocked it for you and you would have got the point.

DeAutogids · April 28, 2011, 02:58:20 PM

Quote from: shamrock on April 28, 2011, 02:17:53 PM
Its an atw, 150 were made betwen 1985 and 1992

I would normnally have blocked it for Djetset. In fact it is a bit of both your answer and the one Djetset has given.

DeAutogids · April 28, 2011, 03:04:45 PM

The ATW Chico was made in Ireland, though it's origin can be found in some work done by MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm) for the Europa-Jeep. A license for the German developed car/truck/tractor (a bit of all those) was obtained by ATW in Donegal and with some local funding a modern plant was setup.

The ATW seen here was bought by a local company to evaluate the vehicle and is now owned by a private individual in Ireland. This therefore might be the last surviving ATW in Ireland, though there should be one in Germany too.

The production was between 1982 and 1985 and some 150 were made.

The Irish thought that there was a big market for it in emerging markets but it was probably seen as a product specially for this market, something that those markets rarely like (see the Africar for example). Although just 2 wheels were driven, as the whole chassis could pivot, it had good traction. This vehicle had a 2 cylinder Deutz.

DeAutogids · May 16, 2011, 04:02:40 PM

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JC What is it (I forgot the count) - SOLVED by Djetset and shamrock: ATW Chico