PegasoZ-103

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Origins

The Z-103 of 1955 was Pegaso's attempt to make its supercar rational: the fabulous but costly quad-cam V8 gave way to a new family of pushrod engines in larger displacements, easier to build and service, in the hope of finding customers the Z-102's price had frightened away. The chassis sophistication remained — De Dion rear axle, transaxle gearbox — and the performance promised to match grander names at a friendlier cost. It was still a hand-built Spanish exotic from a truck company, and the arithmetic still failed; only a handful were completed before ENASA wound down car production in 1958 to concentrate entirely on commercial vehicles. The Z-103's rarity now exceeds even its sibling's. Pegaso never built cars again, and never really needed to — the point had been made.