Aero Minor

The Aero Minor is a Czech automobile that was manufactured by Aero from 1946 to 1952. It was designed by Jawa Motors engineers on their previous Jawa Minor design; they worked on it secretly during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.[1] It have a two-cylinder, two-stroke engine with 615cc displacement and front wheel drive. The engine produced 20 hp and it had a fuel consumption of 8 l/100 km.[2] It carried heavy-looking saloon and station wagon bodies. A sports version Aero Minor Sport competed at 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1949, where it won in it's class the second place.[3]

Aero Minor
Aero Minor Sport

References
  1. "Za první republiky vyráběly osobní auta. Připomeňte si pohrobky českých automobilek". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 11 January 2020.
  2. "Small Car". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
  3. "Unikátní české auto soupeřilo s Ferrari. Aero Minor Sport, hvězda závodu Le Mans". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 21 October 2018.

Sources

^ Hans-Otto Neeubauer, "A.A.G.", in G.N. Georgano, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885-1968 (New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974), pp.28. Library of Congress Card No 68-22674.

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