Santa Matilde 4.1 Sedan
Name: ‘84 The Nick/Frame/Saint Maria
Colors: Yellow🟨, Green🟩, Black⬛️, Gray⬜️, White⬜️
Class: #Speedy
Coolness: Custom, Convertible, Coupe
#Santa Matilde SM 4.1
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You’re Brazilian?
No
Meh
Out of curiosity, one of my cars I made has some of that you showed
Kaddet
It’s based off on a Chevrolet opala
But has some elements from
Impala
And democrats another Brazilian one
Now the roof was inspired on Santa Matilde
Thanks
What's the name of the Brazilian red car?
Democrata
Do you want me to tell you the story of the car?
Welp
It's also called the car that didn't exist or the car of the unrealizable dream.
And do you know why?
That's because this car had the idea of making a 100% national car
At a time when there were hardly any car brands from Brazil itself
This car gave a lot of headaches to big companies at the time
Such as Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Fiat and so on
but... not everything is wonderful
There have only been 5 of this car
That's because the car was very expensive to make and the media fell over themselves ridiculing it
then after the car is gone
The media said the car didn't exist and it was all a big lie
And at the end
A few years later
Another dreamy brand has managed to launch a 100% national car
br 800
Made by gurgel
He was a much smaller project compared to the inspired ibap Democrata
But
It was the little car of the Brazilian person fighting among the giants of the market
Did it work?
Well... it did for a few years
Until Fiat uno mille launched
Well, the Brazilian government has started financing cars with 1,000 cubic meters.
And well
All these brands started to make their cars with a 1000 cylinder version one of them was Fiat uno
New car
Much better than the Gurgel... that was the end of Gurgel.
The owner, João Amaral Gurgel, died a few years later (2001) of alzhimer's disease.
Still thinking his brand was at its peak
And not wanting to believe that Gurgel had gone bankrupt
But anyway
I sent two giant stories that have nothing to do with each other apart from being ambitious cars... sorry
wait gurgel did the democrata? :3
ibap sound like a femboy/catgirl would say 💀
Ibap reminds me of Professor Zundapp from Cars Two
A frowny name
Me lembra nome de carranca
randandan
Ibap
ibap 👍🏼
clog
That's a really interesting story! Too bad his company had a short run, and he died prematurely!
Which one
If you’re talking about Gurgel
He died with 80 years old
Remember
Ibap and gurgel are totally different brands
But they had similar ideas
Gurgel Evolution (1969 - 1996)
Gurgel Motores was a Brazilian automobile manufacturer, named after its founder João do Amaral Gurgel. The company was founded in 1969 and first specialized in buggies and off-road vehicles. Early models were fiberglass bodies installed on Volkswagen Beetle chassis and machinery, but VW bodies and chassis were lat...
There’s a video showing the evolution of gurgel