Every Portugeuse car owner needs ....

[messerschmitt owner]

...umm, a Sado!

 

[messerschmitt owner]

it's a Sado 550 - with a Daihatsu twin pot diesel.

 

They made about 500 and now I want one!!!!!

[The Moog]

Sounds pure misery...

[hairnet]

like an aixam with better weather and non surly garlic munchers

[messerschmitt owner]

and an engine that is obviously an improvement on a Kubota single - the only vehicle that should ever use a single pot diesel is a Field Marshall!

[Bobthebeard]

Tiny cars always seem a great idea in countries where the sun shines a lot. Miserable things in the UK though I would imagine. Great for chugging round a Greek island or Portugal possibly. Sun shining, 35 degrees, no traffic and all is well with the world. The M62/M6/M60 (other motorways are available) is a whole lot different. For that you need an Audi A6 and a deadline....

I know what I would prefer. Sunshine and a bright yellow Sado!

Or a Honda moped on a Greek island in 35 degree sunshine. A recipe for happiness.

As you were...

[beko1987]

That looks great fun! Mates with a few Portuguese, will ask them if they know anything!

[MrDuke]

and an engine that is obviously an improvement on a Kubota single - the only vehicle that should ever use a single pot diesel is a Field Marshall!

 

I would love to see a Field Marshall engine installed in.... well, any car at all frankly. I'd pay good money to fire it up with a cartridge & fuse outside Waitrose.

[the judge]

Is that sado as in "sad bastard" or sado as in "masochist"? I know which one i suspect....

[Cheggers]

Presumably the engine was originally intended for a dumper truck or generator.

[DS20]

I would love to see a Field Marshall engine installed in.... well, any car at all frankly. I'd pay good money to fire it up with a cartridge & fuse outside Waitrose.

 

 

Have just googled the starting of a Field Marshall tractor   What a way to start an engine...  

 

Sometimes I take Smokey Joe (the Volvo) to Waitrose and other posh places; firing that up has a not dissimilar effect.  People turn, stare, and wonder why the pleb-prevention system isn't working properly  

[hairnet]

and an engine that is obviously an improvement on a Kubota single - the only vehicle that should ever use a single pot diesel is a Field Marshall!

or a 40s/50s tractor

[beko1987]

http://www.jcle.pt/sado550/en/

 

1996 called for their website back though