PEGASO Z-102 (1951) in the garden of Villa Erba at Concorso d‘Eleganza Villa d‘Este 2016

Mr. Ricart and his team at ENASA (Empresa Nacional de Autocamiones S.A.) produced a first prototype of a PEGASO, chassis 150-0101, that was followed by a cabriolet, with chassis 150-0102 and three more Berlinettas. Interestingly, there is no evidence that chassis 0102 was formally a cabriolet, as nobody ever saw the car with the top down. After the 1951 Paris Motor show, on December 10, chassis 0102 along with other two prototypes were presented at the Pardo Palace in Madrid to General Franco. Year 1952 should have been the year that production of the Z-102 cars started, but the design team at ENASA continued developing the prototypes, including the new 2814cc engine and some body re-styling. It is then when chassis 0102 was converted into the actual Berlinetta configuration with the original Robri wheels fitted. Also the primitive 2474cc engine was replaced for the new 2814CC engine. Why the cabriolet ENASA design was not developed is still a mystery. With this new configuration, ENASA presented the Z-102 chassis 0102 during 1953 in various international Concours d’elegance, including Deauville and Enghien-les-Bains, where it won the first prize. After an accident in 1954, this PEGASO was repaired at the factory, and sold in 1955 for the first time as a new car, adopting the actual identification 150-0201. It is noteworthy, that this Berlinetta and the other surviving prototype, are the two only Z-102 that were later numbered with the 02XX identification, different from the rest of the cars, that are 01XX. The first owner Mrs Elena Arvanitidi de Ramsay from Madrid, and after four more owners, the car passed in 1972 into the ownership of Mr. Carlos Mosquera, a notable Pegaso enthusiast and co-author with Mr. Enrique Coma-Cros of the recognized book “Los Automóviles Pegaso y sus protagonistas”.