Koller EKIS History

EKIS (Establecimientos Koller Industrias Santafesinas S A.) was an Argentine manufacturer of automobiles from the 1950s.The brand name was Koller.

History 

Alberto José Koller and José Héller had already founded Koller y Héller SRL in 1944 for the manufacture of furniture and also construction of trailers. 1958 they founded Establecimientos Koller Industrias Santafesinas S A. Or in short EKIS. The seat was in Carcarañá in the province of Santa Fe. The development of an automobile began. The first prototype was in 1959 in Rosario, and later in Buenos Aires issued. By 1960, announced the mass production. Financial problems prevented mass production. Total produced was only two complete vehicles.

The only model was a fiberglass two-door sedan with a chassis made of steel tubular pipe. A striking the two-tone painted body, the front double headlights, the two were panoramic windows. The spare wheel was standing at the rear behind the trunk assembled in the 50s American style.

The car was from wheel drive, gearbox was a four-speed with reverse, a three cylinder two-stroke engine with 70 mm bore, 78 mm piston stroke and 901 cc capacity made 37 hp. This came from the Wartburg 311 of the automotive plant Eisenach. The vehicle had a wheelbase of 209 cm and a track width of 105 cm (front) and 109 cm (rear). It was 380 cm long, 144.5 cm wide and 127 cm high the front suspension was independent with coil springs and hydraulic shock absorbers. The rear suspension was rigid axle with longitudinal semi-elliptical springs and hydraulic shock absorbers.  The empty weight was with 750 kg and Brakes were hydraulically operated with four-wheel drums on 13-inch wheels and the white wall tires.