Meduza
Page created on 20 May 1998
| The Meduza was a protype shown by WSK (Wytwornia
Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego - transport equipment works), a
division of PZL (Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze - Polish
aeronautical works), in the middle of 1957. The in-house
designed (and not to mention, very round) body of this
minicar rode on a platform chassis. All mechanicals,
including the rear mounted 300cc 2-stroke motor are
practically the same as those found on WSK's other design
of the time, the Mikrus.
The general dimensions, such as the 3 metre length and
1850 mm wheelbase, are also virtually identical. Its mass
somwhere around 500 kg and fuel economy ranged from 4.8
to 6.5 litres/100km. The Meduza did not make it into production. |
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 The interior is very spartan and the rear bench seating should be in reality only considered for children. |
 As this fine Meduza specimen from Muzeum Techniki in Warsaw, Poland shows, access to the trunk is through the opening disguised as a grill. This can also be done from the inside. |
Acknowledgements:
Piotr Trzeciak - information
Dariusz Piecinski, Paul Negyesi, Muzeum Techniki - colour pictures
Copyright © 1998, Bolko
Rawicz
