Aero (automobile)
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The Aero was a Czechoslovak automobile company that produced a variety of models between 1929 and 1947 by a well-known aircraft and car-body company owned by Dr. Kabes in Prague-Vysocany. Now Aero Vodochody produces aircraft only.
Type 10Edit
The original Aero model, the Type 500 or Type 10 was a small car launched in 1928. Powered by a 494 cc single-cylinder two-stroke engine with water cooling, producing Template:Cvt, it could reach a top speed of Template:Cvt. Drive was through a 3-speed gearbox to a rear axle without differential. The Type 10 was sold with a choice of body styles; roadster, cabriolet and coupé, all with two seats in the front and one in the rear. Production ran for four years, ending in 1932 with 1,358 built.<ref name="CoEE">Template:Cite book</ref>
Type 18Edit
Announced in 1931, the Type 18 (also known as the 662)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was powered by a larger 660 cc two-cylinder engine developing Template:Cvt, with a top speed of Template:Cvt. With improved four-wheel brakes, the Type 18 came as a 3-seater roadster and 4-seat saloon,<ref name="CoEE" /> made using steel-covered timber-framed coachwork. 2,615 Type 18s were built before manufacturing ceased in 1934.
Type 20Edit
Based on the Type 18/662, the 1933 Type 20 (also known as the 1000)<ref name="CoEE" /> came with a larger 999 cc Template:Cvt engine which would power the car to a top speed of Template:Cvt. Production lasted two years and ceased in 1934 after 2,546 were built.
Type 30Edit
In 1934 the Type 30 was announced with a 998 cc Template:Cvt twin-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Page needed</ref> and all independent suspension. The car could reach Template:Cvt. The Type 30 was the most successful Aero model, and production reached 7,780 before manufacturing ended in 1940. Another 500 were produced post-war with a new radiator design but was stopped in 1947 when the company was nationalised.<ref name="CoEE2" />
Type 50Edit
The last, and largest, Aero model was the Type 50 announced in 1936 and manufactured until 1942. The front-wheel-drive model had a 1997 cc four-cylinder Template:Cvt two-stroke engine with twin alloy cylinder head and was capable of reaching Template:Cvt.<ref name="CoEE" /> 1,205 were made before the company closed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
750 PonyEdit
The 750 Pony is a small two-seater convertible with only 2 models built as prototypes in 1941 and was intended for post war producing, but nationalisation of the company ended the plan.<ref name="CoEE2">Template:Cite book</ref> It was powered by a 745 cc engine producing Template:Cvt.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
