The Pegaso 1100 is the label for two numbered models, the 1121 and the 1135, that belong to the dense commercial range ENASA built in the 1960s and 1970s. Lorries of this kind were exported widely, and a Pegaso 1135 is still working in Chile today.
Pegaso 1100 at a glance
| Maker | ENASA, Barcelona and Madrid |
|---|---|
| Marque | Pegaso |
| Model numbers | 1121, 1135 |
| Period | numbered range of the 1960s and 1970s |
| Owner | ENASA until 1990, then Iveco |
| Marque production | over 350,000 vehicles, 1946–1990 |
| Peak year | more than 26,000 vehicles in 1974 |
| Export markets | Benelux, Venezuela, Cuba, Chile |
| Engines | Pegaso’s own, up to 352 hp at the top of the range |
No Wikipedia article covers the 1121 or 1135 on their own; the page is built from the English and Spanish Pegaso articles and makes no claim beyond them.
History of the Pegaso 1100
ENASA, the state company behind Pegaso, was formed in 1946 from the automotive side of Hispano-Suiza and directed technically by Wifredo Ricart, who had worked at Alfa Romeo. Its first lorries were developments of the Hispano-Suiza 66-G, and from the late 1940s the Pegaso badge spread across the whole Spanish commercial vehicle market.
By the 1960s and 1970s Pegaso sold a complete catalogue: light vans from the SAVA works at Valladolid, medium lorries, eight-wheeled rigids, six-wheeled tractors, off-road dumpers and buses. Models such as the 1121 and 1135 carried numbers that told operators which body and weight class they were buying, inside one common engineering family.
Exports were a large part of the business, with the Benelux countries, Venezuela and Cuba as the main foreign markets. Pegaso lorries also reached Latin America through local assembly and private imports, which is how an 1135 came to work in Chile, where it is still driven today.
Design and features
- Numbered range: 1121 and 1135 are two designations in Pegaso’s long list of commercial models.
- Own engines: Pegaso made its own power units rather than buying them in, from the 125 hp diesel of 1949 to units of 352 hp in the 1970s.
- Export life: the 1135 in Chile shows how long these lorries stayed in service outside Spain.
- Shared cab family: like the 1060 and 1080 models, these trucks used Pegaso’s own cabs built in Barcelona and Madrid.
Pegaso 1100 versions
- 1121: the lower number of the pair.
- 1135: the better documented of the two, including a surviving example in Chile.
The 1080 range and the 1200 range are its closest sisters; all Pegaso articles are gathered under Pegaso.
Video: pegaso 1135 patricio astargo en chile
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Sources
- Pegaso, English Wikipedia: history, engines, export markets
- Pegaso, Spanish Wikipedia: ENASA, SAVA, plants, ranges
