Engineering:FSM Beskid

Short description: Polish car prototype

FSM Beskid 106 at Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej in Kraków.

FSM Beskid 106 at Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej in Kraków.

Beskid was a series of economy hatchback car prototypes in Poland designed by BOSMAL Automotive Research and Development Institute (pl) during 1982-1986. The design team was led by Wiesław Wiatrak who later used the Beskid as his daily car and finally passed it to a museum in Kraków.

The car never went into mass production; However, it is also suggested that the Beskid was in fact a back-up measure if licensing talks were unsuccessful; finally the Fiat Cinquecento was produced in FSM. While all seven Beskid prototypes were slated for destruction, six were saved. One was used for a crash test, and the remaining six are located in various institutions in Poland:

• Museum of Technology, Warsaw - Yellow
• Museum of Municipal Engineering, Kraków in Kraków - Two, white and green
• Opole University of Technology - White
• Museum of Technology and Transport in Szczecin - Green
• BOSMAL museum at BOSMAL facility in Bielsko Biała - Cream

The body style was patented , but BOSMAL lacked funds for the extension of the patent. The name comes from the Beskids mountains.

External links

• BOSMAL website
• Bosmal Beskid 106 prototype - history and pictures (English)