PEGASO
27 entries
Spanish maker of trucks, buses and some sports cars, run by the state company Enasa from 1946 until Iveco took over.
- Founded
- 1946, as part of Enasa
- Engineering director
- Wifredo Ricart
- Factories
- Barcelona, Madrid, Valladolid
- Taken over
- By Iveco in 1990
Enasa was created in 1946, based in the old Hispano-Suiza factory and directed by the engineer Wifredo Ricart. Pegaso became one of the leading European industrial vehicle makers, with significant exports to Europe and Latin America.
Between 1946 and 1990 Pegaso built more than 350,000 vehicles, the best year being 1974 with over 26,000. Iveco took over Enasa in 1990, after which the Pegaso name became a secondary brand of Iveco.
- 1946Enasa created; the Pegaso name appears
- 1949Pegaso Diesel becomes the leader in the Spanish truck market
- 1974Highest production year, over 26,000 vehicles
- 1990Enasa taken over by Iveco
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PEGASO Pegaso 1080: the 1083, 1086 and 1088 in context
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PEGASO Pegaso BLR: the airborne 4×4 armoured car
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PEGASO Pegaso Mider: the medium range of the Iveco years
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PEGASO Pegaso J4: the SAVA light vehicle with a Pegaso badge
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PEGASO Pegaso 2331: a heavy Pegaso of the numbered range
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PEGASO Pegaso 1100: the 1121 and 1135 lorries
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PEGASO Pegaso Europa: the long-distance 1065