Thomas Almaz II 1.1

After long, long wait in 1959 came new generation of one of the Thomas bestseller. Thomas Almaz II went into production 10 years after the premiere of first Almaz model.
Market success forced the producer to prepare a worthy successor. And they done.
First Almaz offered only one type of body with one engine. A new one was available with 3 body types and 5 types of engines from 3 other families.
Base engine family was EURO-Liner 1100 and 1300. Two others was a special one. RACE-Liner and the Blue-Box engine family developed especially for this model. But they went after small lifting in 1962.
New engines was used only in special sport variants of Almaz II.
A special feature of the car was the brilliant handling and suspension, which at that time was the best in its class. The whole model was ahead of its time.
In 1962 Almaz II recieved several corrections, mainly in the chassis. The amendments changed the car from excellent to almost brilliant in terms of driving properties. As a result, a normal road car with a smaller engine (RTS) became almost as fast as the Trako II model
Sport variants as RT, RTS, RLC and RCC were the first models to use the achievements of the THR (Thomas Headquarter of Research) department. They were exclusive or limited models. RLC and RCC they were variants only dedicated to competitive sports. RLC was a Rally car, which was used in ERC (European Rally Championship), without a great success but it was first step. RCC was intended for track racing. It was more successful.

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Technical data:
Thomas Almaz II65LS/80HS - base type Limousine
Inline 3cyl. 1100 ccm/Inline 4cyl. 1300ccm
66HP/6200 rpm/80HP/6200rpm
80Nm/4700rpm/100Nm/4900rpm
892 kg/948kg
143km/h/152km/h
16s. to 100km/h/13,7s. to 100km/h
Airfield best: 1.56.32s/1.51.62s

Thomas Almaz 80HSW - base type Kombi
Inline 4cyl. 1300 ccm
80HP/6200 rpm
100Nm/4900rpm
974 kg
151km/h
14,1s. to 100km/h
Airfield best: 1.52.41s

Thomas Almaz 100HSC - base type Coupe
Inline 4cyl. 1300 ccm
100HP/6500 rpm
112Nm/5900rpm
949 kg
164km/h
13,3s. to 100km/h
Airfield best: 1.49.27s

Thomas Almaz 140RT - exclusive sport type
Inline 6cyl. 1800 ccm
140HP/6700 rpm
150Nm/6400rpm
1001 kg
179km/h
10,5s. to 100km/h
Airfield best: 1.40.70s

Thomas Almaz 145RTS (1962) - limied sport type
Inline 4cyl. 2000 ccm
146HP/5900 rpm
180Nm/5200rpm
1047 kg
184km/h
9,9s. to 100km/h
Airfield best: 1.38.36s

Thomas Almaz 145RLC (1962) - Rally Car
Inline 4cyl. 2000 ccm
146HP/5900 rpm
180Nm/5200rpm
955 kg
182km/h
8,8s. to 100km/h
Airfield best: 1.38.85s - slower because gravel tyre type

Thomas Almaz 145RCC (1962) - Racing Car
Inline 4cyl. 2000 ccm
146HP/5900 rpm
180Nm/5200rpm
945 kg
186km/h
8,8s. to 100km/h
Airfield best: 1.34.78s

Thomas Almaz II65LS

Thomas Almaz II80HS

Thomas Almaz II80HSW

Thomas Almaz II100HSC

Thomas Almaz II140RT

Thomas Almaz II145RTS (1962)

Thomas Almaz II145RCC (1962)

Thomas Almaz II145RLC (1962)

Thomas Almaz II family