Pod Rods: a "new" Cobra Daytona Coupe; an Amelia corral full of Pegasos; you ... - Florida Times-Union
Pod Rods takes a look at the featured Spanish sports car marque at Amelia. the new face of Chevy's Silverado. A rare, powerful and elegant Spanish car marque will be featured at the 21st annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on March 13, 2016. The Pegaso - Spanish for Pegasus, a winged divine stallion – will be featured with a collection of rarely-seen... Pegasus' mythological role was to deliver thunderbolts to Zeus, and reaction to the Pegaso Thrill coupe when the Touring-bodied coupe premiered at the 1953 Turin Auto Show was thunderous as well. Ricart was a consummate car designer from his beginnings at Alfa Romeo in 1936, where he created advanced grand prix and competition sports and touring cars. When World War II came, he returned to his native Spain and designed his own car line of Pegaso roadsters and coupes that became exotic road toys for the hyper-rich in the mid-1950s. "Pegasos are technically extravagant cars," said Warner. The Pegaso Z-102 did exactly what Ricart and the Spanish government wanted: it brought Spanish industry to the attention of the world, and did it in a very glamorous way. Source: jacksonville.com
