Farus

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The Farus is a mid-engined sports automobile built in Brazil by Industria de Veiculos Esportivos LTDA beginning in 1979. The Farus company, located in the southern Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, was founded in 1979. The name of the company is a portmanteau of FAmilia RUSso, as the cars were built by Alfio Russo and his son Giuseppe. Their original mid-engined ML and TS cars were followed by the larger Farus Quadro, which was also part of an abortive effort to be sold in the United States. After a change of name to TECVAN (Tecnologia de Vanguarda Ltda., Vanguard Technology Ltd.), the company shut its doors in 1990 as a result of the Plano Collor market liberalization. The car uses a fiberglass body with two-seats and a mid-mounted engine, either from Volkswagen do Brasil or from Fiat Automóveis. The Fiat-engined car was the first one to appear and has a single overhead cam of 1.3 litres with 72 PS (53 kW) which was also used in the Fiat Spazio TR and Uno SX. It was called the ML 929 to honor the mother of Alfio Russo, Maria Luisa, who was born in 1929. The more powerful TS 1.6 appeared in April 1981 and uses the engine (and badging) from the Volkswagen Passat TS, it has 80 PS (59 kW). Both models have a four-speed manual transmission, but as is the case for their donor cars the TS 1.6 has a longitudinally mounted engine while the ML 929's engine is mounted transversally. In 1984 the Beta appeared, very similar to the TS 1.6 but fitted with 1.8 or 2.0 liter engines from the Chevrolet Monza (a Brazilian-built Opel Ascona C). A year later a convertible version of the Beta was also added to the pricelist. A version of the Beta/Spider, fitted...