Theodore Pieper, courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions
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Image Credit: Theodore Pieper, courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions The 1954 Pegaso Z-102 Saoutchik Berlinetta Series II being sold through Broad Arrow Auctions in March.
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Image Credit: Theodore Pieper, courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions A meticulous attention to detail defines the fully restored interior, which features new leather upholstery but the original radio and heater.
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Image Credit: Theodore Pieper, courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions This is one of the two Pegaso Z-102 examples shown at the 1954 Paris Motor Show.
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Image Credit: Theodore Pieper, courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions The car’s 2.8-liter V-8 engine, with dual four-barrel Weber carburetors, makes 195 hp.
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Image Credit: Theodore Pieper, courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions Work on two Z-102 prototypes, a coupe and drophead, began in 1951, and when production trickled to an end in 1958, a total of just 84 examples had been built.
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Image Credit: Theodore Pieper, courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions This car is one of only five surviving examples of a left-hand-drive Pegaso Z-102 Saoutchik Berlinetta Series II.
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Image Credit: Theodore Pieper, courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions In September of 1953, a supercharged Z-102 became the fastest production car in the world, at least for a brief time, when Celso Fernández broke four official R.A.C.B. (Royal Automobile Club de Belgique) world records with an average speed of more than 151 mph.
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Image Credit: Theodore Pieper, courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions Pegaso was founded in 1946 by Ricardo Ricart, a fiercely competitive engineer who designed the Ricart-Pérez and Ricart-España cars in the 1920s.
Authors
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Robert Ross
