Car History 4U

Special Features / Cyclecars

9.1.11.  Poland

    • The first car to be built in Poland is believed to have been a cyclecar.

                    1. SKAF

    • In 1921 the SKAF Light Automobile Company produced a two-seater cyclecar called the SKAF. Only three were built; all prototypes.

    • It weighed 300 kg (660 lbs) and was powered by a 500 cc water cooled engine. It had an advertised top speed of 40 kph (25 mph).

    • A 733 cc, 350 kg (770 lbs) prototype cyclecar called the WM was constructed in 1928.

    • The open wooden bodied car was fitted with an air-cooled four-stroke two cylinder engine. It had a top speed of 75 kph (47 mph) and could seat two persons. It was also fitted with a rear seat suitable for a child.
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