Pegaso Z-207

The Pegaso Z-207 was a truck produced in Spain by Enasa from 1955 to 1959, nicknamed Barajas after the place near Madrid where a new Pegaso plant was built to make it. It was advanced for its day: its 7.5 litre V6 engine had an aluminium block with cast iron cylinder liners, a balance shaft and direct fuel injection, and gave 110 and later 120 horsepower, enough for a top speed of 90 kilometres per hour at a maximum weight of 11,320 kilograms. A twelve speed arrangement of splitter gearbox and two speed rear axle was fitted, and the front wheels had independent suspension, which was a comfort unusual in an industrial vehicle then. The range also included the Z-702 tractor unit and a rear engined coach, the Z-407, that never entered mass production. It was costly to build and maintain, so the Pegaso Comet replaced it, and 5,737 of the range were produced.