Zanella

Zanella Hnos.
	Moto Zanella Patagonian Blackstreet 150 Custom motorcycle
Company type	Private
Headquarters	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Area served	Argentina
Products	Motorcycles, mini trucks
Divisions	Zanella Trucks
Website	zanella.com.ar

Zanella Hnos., or simply Zanella, is an Argentine motorcycle and mini truck manufacturer founded in 1948, originally using 100 and 125 cc engines designed by Fabio Taglioni^[1]^[2] and licensed from Ceccato motorcycles of Italy.^[3] Zanella builds small motorcycles, mopeds and ATVs. Zanella formerly manufactured go-karts.

Zanella also produces the ZMax series of three-wheel motorcycles (trikes) and mini trucks.^[4] and the Force series of four-wheel light trucks.

Business

Zanella makes mopeds, scooters, motorcycles, quad ATVs, karts, and 4-stroke engines ranging from 50 to 500 cc. However, only the mopeds are manufactured in Argentina at plants in Caseros and San Luis. Almost all other products are imported from China, usually as knock down kits.

Based on their onsite manufacturing capabilities and their assembly of imported motorcycles, Zanella plants have a monthly installed production capacity of 12,000 units. This current business plan is expected to lead to a production level of 14,000 units per month, returning to previous employment levels with approximately 1,000 direct and 3,000 indirect employees.

On December 22, 2009, an official presentation was held at the Zanella plant in Caseros, Buenos Aires by the Chamber of Manufacturers, Dealers and Suppliers of Motor Vehicles (Cámara de Fabricantes, Concesionarios y Proveedores de Motovehículos - CAFACOM). At the ceremony, General Confederation Entrepreneur of Argentina (CGERA) chairman Marcelo Fernández stated:^[5]

"As a national company, Zanella is constantly developing projects in defense of the motorcycle industry and the interests of customers, and that is why we are promoting the creation of the House of Moto, to get more and better benefits for both manufacturers and traders.^[5]

Models

Utilities

Zmax series are three wheelers

TRICARGO 100 4T
Z MAX 200
ZMAX 200 Z2
Z-MAX 200 S TRUCK
Z-MAX 200 S TRUCK BOX
Z-MAX 200 TRUCK Z2

CUBS

ZB110 Series

ZB 110 Z1
ZB 110 Z1 FULL

FUN

HOT 90 G2

Street

SAPUCAI 125 C
RX 125 potenciado
SAPUCAI 150
RX 150 G3
RX 150 G3 GHOST
RX 150 G3 GHOST FULL
RX 150 Z6 GHOST
RX 150 Z3 SPORT
RX 150 R FULL
RX 200
RX 1 150
RX 150 Z5
RX 1 200
RX 200 MONACO
RX 200 NAKED
RX 200 R
RX 200 R FULL
RZ 20
RX 250 SPORT
RX 350
RZ 25 NAKED
RZ 25 R
RZ 35 R

ON/OFF

ZR 150
ZR 200
ZR 250 LT
ZR 250
ZTT 250 MOTARD

Scooters

STYLER 150 R16
STYLER 50 EXCLUSIVE
STYLER 125 EXCLUSIVE G2
STYLER 150 EXCLUSIVE
STYLER 150 CRUISER
MOD 150
MOD LAMBRETTA 150
E-STYLER
E-STYLER DELUXE
STYLER 250 CRUISER
STYLER 250 GRANDCRUISER

CUSTOM

PATAGONIAN EAGLE BLACKSTREET 150
PATAGONIAN EAGLE BLACKMETAL 150
PATAGONIAN EAGLE 150
PATAGONIAN EAGLE 250
SPEEDLIGHT 150
SPEEDLIGHT 200
PATAGONIAN EAGLE 250 II SHADOW
PATAGONIAN EAGLE 250 DARKROAD
PATAGONIAN EAGLE 350 CHOPPER

QUADS

ZANELLA KIDS 50 SPORT
FX KART 50
FX KART 125
FX KART 150
FX 90 CARGO
FX 90 SERIES
FX 90 KIDS SPORT
FX 150 CARGO
FX 125 MADMAX
FX 150 MADMAX
FX 150 MADMAX AUTO.
FX 200 MADMAX
FX 250 MADMAX
FX 250 MADMAX KING
FX 300 MAD MAX
GFORCE 200 4X2
GFORCE 250 4X2
GFORCE 250 II 4X2
GFORCE 500 4X4

Electrical generators

Zanella also produces the following electrical generators:

G-1000
G-2500
G-4500
G-6000
G-8500

Notes

^ "Fabio Taglioni", Men who made history, Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., 2009, Wounded during the war, he returned home in 1949 and immediately started working with the Ceccato motorcycle company. In 1950, he was taken on by Mondial, where he worked until 1954.
^ "THEORY AND HISTORY OF THE DUCATI DESMODROMIC ENGINE Forth Part QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS", The Ducati Desmodromic Engine, Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., 2009, TAGLIONI I worked for two other companies before I joined Ducati. I designed a 75 twin camshaft, which was then adjusted for the Giro d'Italia (a twin camshaft was a bit too heavy). So it was turned into a single camshaft and was used in the Giro d'Italia on several occasions, in the Milan–Taranto and many other races, under the Ceccato brand. That engine acted as my business card when I was introduced to Count Borselli, on his request. He was looking for a young engineer, with a certain level of experience. I told him that I didn't have much experience but I showed him the finished engine and said that was what I could do. He said to me: "I'm not interested in the engine but I'm interested in you because I work with 125s and up. I can help you to sell it if that's what you want to do but I'm not interested in it". And in fact, he did help me sell it to Ceccato. He let me go to Ceccato for the tuning and then I worked at Mondial for two years, until 1954, when I joined Ducati.
^ Tragatsch, Erwin (1964), "ZANELLA", The world's motorcycles, 1894-1963: a record of 70 years of motorcycle production, Temple Press, p. 191, RA 1958[sic] to date. Mainly Italian 100-c.c. and 125-c.c. 2-stroke Ceccatos made under license.
^ "ZANELLA ZMAX 200 S Z4: It leaves you with no excuses not to go to work". The Brand Soup. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b [1] Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] "Fabio Taglioni", Men who made history, Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., 2009, Wounded during the war, he returned home in 1949 and immediately started working with the Ceccato motorcycle company. In 1950, he was taken on by Mondial, where he worked until 1954.

[2] "THEORY AND HISTORY OF THE DUCATI DESMODROMIC ENGINE Forth Part QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS", The Ducati Desmodromic Engine, Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., 2009, TAGLIONI I worked for two other companies before I joined Ducati. I designed a 75 twin camshaft, which was then adjusted for the Giro d'Italia (a twin camshaft was a bit too heavy). So it was turned into a single camshaft and was used in the Giro d'Italia on several occasions, in the Milan–Taranto and many other races, under the Ceccato brand. That engine acted as my business card when I was introduced to Count Borselli, on his request. He was looking for a young engineer, with a certain level of experience. I told him that I didn't have much experience but I showed him the finished engine and said that was what I could do. He said to me: "I'm not interested in the engine but I'm interested in you because I work with 125s and up. I can help you to sell it if that's what you want to do but I'm not interested in it". And in fact, he did help me sell it to Ceccato. He let me go to Ceccato for the tuning and then I worked at Mondial for two years, until 1954, when I joined Ducati.

[3] Tragatsch, Erwin (1964), "ZANELLA", The world's motorcycles, 1894-1963: a record of 70 years of motorcycle production, Temple Press, p. 191, RA 1958[sic] to date. Mainly Italian 100-c.c. and 125-c.c. 2-stroke Ceccatos made under license.

[4] "ZANELLA ZMAX 200 S Z4: It leaves you with no excuses not to go to work". The Brand Soup. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

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