The Pegaso 3060 is one of the bonneted lorries that Spaniards knew as the Cabezón, the “big-headed” one. It comes from the numbered range with which ENASA filled the Spanish market from the 1960s onwards, and surviving examples still work as recovery and crane trucks.
Pegaso 3060 at a glance
| Maker | ENASA, Barcelona and Madrid |
|---|---|
| Marque | Pegaso |
| Model number | 3060 |
| Nickname | Cabezón |
| Owner | ENASA until 1990, then Iveco |
| Marque production | over 350,000 vehicles, 1946–1990 |
| Peak year | more than 26,000 vehicles in 1974 |
| Factories | Barcelona, Madrid (Barajas), Valladolid |
| Typical survivors | recovery and crane lorries in heritage service |
There is no Wikipedia article on the 3060 itself; the page uses the English and Spanish articles on the Pegaso marque and makes no claim beyond them.
History of the Pegaso 3060
Pegaso was set up in 1946 as the vehicle-making arm of the state holding INI, taking over Hispano-Suiza’s automotive plant in La Sagrera, Barcelona. Wifredo Ricart, who had worked at Alfa Romeo, led the engineering, and the first Pegaso lorries were developments of the Hispano-Suiza 66-G.
From the 1960s the company covered the whole Spanish market with a dense numbered range: light vans built at Valladolid after the 1968 takeover of SAVA, medium and heavy lorries, tractors, off-road vehicles and buses. The 3060 belongs to the bonneted branch of that range, the trucks known as Cabezón.
Pegaso’s best year was 1974, with more than 26,000 vehicles, and the marque exported to Benelux, Venezuela and Cuba. The 1990 sale of ENASA to Iveco ended the name on new vehicles; the last Pegaso lorry was built in 1994 and the last engine in 1995.
Design and features
- Cabezón cab: the bonneted shape that gave this generation its nickname.
- Numbered range: the 3060 is one of many closely spaced designations covering bodies and weights.
- Own components: Pegaso engines and cabs, engineered and built in Spain.
- Working survivors: several 3060s remain in service as crane and recovery lorries.
Pegaso 3060 versions
- 3060: the lorry described here.
- Crane and recovery conversions: bodies fitted by Spanish specialists, some still at work.
The military 4x4s of the same years are in Pegaso 3045; the tractor range is in Pegaso 2000; all marque pages are under Pegaso.
Video: PEGASO 3060 GRUA EN ACTIVO
Video by eb3cdh on YouTube.
Sources
- Pegaso, English Wikipedia: history, production, engines
- Pegaso, Spanish Wikipedia: ENASA, SAVA, plants, sale to Iveco
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