Falco Automotive Engineering Ltd. - Car Showroom
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:42 am
Name of Car Company: Falco Automotive Engineering Ltd.
Owner of company: Falco
Car Showroom (Forum): Falco Automotive Engineering Ltd. - Car Showroom
Engine Showroom (Forum):Falco Automotive Engineering Ltd. - Engine Showroom
AutomationHub: Falco Automotive Engineering Ltd.
Established: 5th of April, 1955
Company ID: 1955045
In the year 1920 a young man was born in The Hague, The Netherlands. By the name of Falco Ferdinand Oostland.
Falco started work for Ferdinand Porsche in 1940. In 1944 he got the chance to go to the USA when the Allied Armies reached where he was working at the time.
Falco graduated with a PHD in Engineering in 1948. In the same year he moved to the UK to start working for Rolls-Royce in 1949.
On the 5th of April 1955, while Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Falco Automotive Engineering was founded in Bowden, Greater-Manchester.
Falco Automotive Engineering, also called Falco or the F.A.E., is established in the United Kingdom. and still has its headquarters located in Bowden, Greater-Manchester.
Engines was what it was all about at Falco but cars were always developed to show what their engines could do.
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1955 Falco Leggero
The Leggero is a rear wheel drive saloon automobile with a front positioned engine, from Falco.
Powering the Falco Leggero is a 24 valve, 2.0 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 175 hp at 6200 rpm and 206 N·m at 5400 rpm respectively.
Stated weight at the kerb is 876.3 kg.
The lightweight Falco Leggero is claimed to achieve a maxiumum speed of 198.1 km/h.
Engine: FL1
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1955 Falco Nuvolo
The Falco Nuvola is an automobile that has a 4 door saloon body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 4.9 litre capacity. This unit features single overhead camshaft, 8 cylinder Vee-layout, and 4 valves per cylinder.
The engine transmits power to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a claimed 1390.6 kg at the kerb.
Maximum speed claimed is 240.2 km/h.
Falco Automotive Engineering Ltd. developed the Nuvola to compete with luxury brands like Rolls-Royce.
Engine: FS1
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1955 Falco GTO
This automobile has a 2 door coupé type body designed by Falco Automotive Engineering Ltd. with a front positioned engine that delivers power to the rear wheels.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 5.1 litre, double overhead camshaft 8 cylinder with 5 valves per cylinder. In this application it produces 402 hp of power at 5200 rpm, and maximum torque of 558 N·m at 4800 rpm.
The engine powers the wheels through a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1275.1 kg.
Top stated speed is 280 km/h.
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1965 Falco Leggero
The second generation of the Falco Leggero is a coupé with 2 doors and a front mounted engine which delivers the power to the rear wheels.
The Falco Leggero's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 2.0 litre, Dual overhead camshaft 6 cylinder with 4 valves per cylinder.
In this Vee application it has an output of 200 hp of power at 6800 rpm, and maximum torque of 210 N·m at 6500 rpm.
The engine powers the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 849.4 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 216.5 km/h.
Engine: FL2
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