SAVA Cosmos

The SAVA Cosmos was a series of large vans built by SAVA of Valladolid from 1972. It was SAVA's first four wheeled vehicle designed entirely in house, since the three wheeled P-54 had been the earlier design and the other SAVA models of the period were developed from licensed British or French vehicles. Enasa, the maker of Pegaso trucks, had bought the company and wanted to cut the number of competing models and the royalties paid on licences, and the Cosmos was drawn up to succeed the LDO-5 and the S series for that reason. Its body used glass fibre panels to save weight and a very wide windscreen for the driver. Power came from a Pegaso four cylinder diesel of 3.8 litres, under the front seats, driving the rear axle through a four speed gearbox. It was built as a panel van, a mixed van and a passenger version, and about 4,000 were made before the Iveco Daily took its place.