Editing Troll (automobile) (section)

==Design==
The Troll was built as a [[2+2 (car body style)|2+2]] [[sports car]] with a [[Fiberglass|fibreglass]] body, with the intention to build the first non-[[Automotive industry in the United States|American]] [[mass production|mass-produced]] fibreglass car. In the US, [[Chevrolet]] made its [[Chevrolet Corvette|Corvette]] in fibreglass, but no one in Europe had built cars in plastic, except for the [[Trabant|East German Trabant]], which was also a 2-cylinder [[Two-stroke engine|two-stroke]] car. Fibreglass was a relatively new material in the late 1950s, but had numerous benefits, notably its inability to [[rust]] and its light weight (being approximately {{Convert|130|kg|lb|abbr=unit}} lighter than an equivalent metal-bodied car).<ref name=":0" />

The Troll's [[chassis]] was taken from a [[Gutbrod Superior]], and the body was made {{Convert|150|mm|in}} longer to fit on it. Gutbrod also manufactured the Troll's engine, which was a {{Convert|700|cc|cid|abbr=unit}} two-stroke [[Straight-twin engine|straight-twin]] with [[Robert Bosch GmbH|Bosch]] [[fuel injection]] connected to a three-speed [[ZF Friedrichshafen|Hurth]] [[Propulsion transmission|transmission]]. The engine produced {{Convert|26|hp|kW|abbr=unit}},<ref name=":0" /> propelling the car to a top speed of approximately {{Convert|130|km/h|mph|abbr=unit}}. The Troll was also capable of 5&nbsp;litres per 100&nbsp;km (47&nbsp;mpg).

Due to the complex fuel injection system, there were plans to use a 3-cylinder [[Saab Automobile|Saab]] engine instead, which were never implemented.<ref name=":0" />