Inshubi Motors Company

Inshubi Motor Company

existence: 1954-today

Place of origin: U.S

Place that it sold cars: U.S, Canada, Brazil

Most sold car: Lince

Founder: Vaskali Deen Inshubi

Current manager : MCL (IMC Branche Heathcliff Earnshaw)

Factories : Mason Arizona EUA, São Bernardo Do Campo SP- BR

Head Quarters: Mason Arizona EUA, São Paulo Capital BR

 How It All Started 

The History Of IMC starts in 1945, after the second world war Vaskali Deen Inshubi a Polish man that was 18 at the time went to live with hes uncle in the U.S wen he started a small work shop fixing tractors and selling used motor bikes, in 1948 he and hes uncle wore hired by an eccentric rich dude to build a car, the 1 that made the best cat by 1953 was going have they name in the company Inshubis car was the best of them and in 1953 the Inshubi Motors Company was created with Uncle Deen as chief of marketing the e eccentric millionaire as an investor

The Nacionale Line From 1954 to 1977- The first car that inshubi made was the Nacionale a small end economical car, the choice was strange in the time of big land boats and V8s but with its small size and V8 options starting in 1955 the Nacionale was a street weapon for its time and as a success with the drag racers, in 1961 the Nacionale received a new platform but still used the by now out date Power Bore Inline 6 and Tiger-cat V8. In 1969 the position of small economy car was given to the new Lince and the Nacionale doubled in size and became the company first luxury adopting the name of Nacionale Grand, it continue without any face lifts until 1977 wen the 2 oil crises killed the demand for big V8 cars

 THE ENGINES USED BY IMC ( This section will be update as new creation are made)

 The Power Bore Inline 6 - The Power Bore Inline 6 is a under squared i6 ranging from 3.3 to 3.8 CCs, 199 232 CID it was developed in 1953 by Inshubi him self and its main design was used in many IMC engines, It received various changes to keep up with the competition and was replaced in 1970 by the Torquecomando inline 6, but the 3.3 version of the engine was produced up to 1973

 The Wilde Cat V8 - the Wilde cat V8 was Inshubis first V8 engine it ranged form 250 CID to the 343 CID version, they divide in 2 groups the Small Bore engines and the Big Bore engines, the big bore engines used the same 88.9 MM pistons that the inline 6 engines used, and the small bore engines used they own pistons, In 1966 the Wilde Cat V8 revived the larger 95.3 MM pistons and 101.4 MM pistons, it was replaced in 1968 by the Bear cat V8. In 1965 The Wilde Cat received a big Update, changes included, New Displacements ranging from 290 CID to 390 CID, New Camshafts, New intake runners and carburetion, New exhaust system, this new architecture of engine was the base for the Bear Cat V8

T he Torquecomando inline 6  - The torquecomando was the most important engine IMC ever made, it was an evolution of Power Bore engines, The changes included a new deck height and new headers its was produced form 1970 to 1997 In 3.8 4.2 and 4.6 CCs wen IMC closed its doors, they powered every single car IMC made from 1970 to 1997, in 1974 the engines received catalytic converters. hyperneuthatic pistons and converted to run on unleaded fuel to meet new emissions regulations, in 1982 they received a single point fuel injection, and in 1987 a Multi Point Fuel Injection, the torquecomando was know for its legendary reliability and low end torque

 The Bear Cat V8 -  The bear cat v8 was the second generation of V8s made by IMC it shred many of components with the inline 6 engines, they came in the displacements of 5.0 5.8 and 6.6 CCs, 304 360 401 CID they were produced up to 1994 in passenger cars and 1997 in trucks the changes to this engine were the same made to the Torquecomando 1974 the engines received catalytic converters. hyperneuthatic pistons and converted to run on unleaded fuel to meet new emissions regulations, in 1982 they received a single point fuel injection, and in 1987 a Multi Point Fuel Injection these engines were a reliable powerhouse for IMC in the 70s and saw a lot of use in commercial vehicles in the 80s

 The power bore i4 and torque Master i4-  These 2 engines can be consider the same as they are a evolution of each other, the power bore i4 despite its named is based on the 3.8 Torquecomando i6, as the 1980s came around IMC was looking for a small engine to put in the new 1980 lince, so to save costs IMC got a Torquecomando i6 an chopped of 2 cylinders to make the power bore i4, it had a 2.5 CCs 151 CID placement and the same OHV design of the i6, it was also the first turbo engine IMC made, it was made up to 1983 wen IMC engineers shrunk the Stroke size and developed a new OHC design to make the Torque Master, in 1987 it received the Multi point Fuel Injection and a new 12 Valve Head and was used until 1997

 The IMC V Diesel-  the IMC V diesel was a medium size V8 Diesel 8 liter displacement engine made by IMC in 1983, It was used in IMC Texan series of trucks in both N/A and Turbo form it was used by IMC until 1991 wen they sold the rights tools and machinery to Detroit Diesel,the money was used to make the Lince 3 generation

 THE CARS MADE BY IMC ( This section will be update as new creation are made)

 The Nacionale 1954 to 1977-  The Nacionale Line From 1954 to 1977- The first car that inshubi made was the Nacionale a small end economical car, the choice was strange in the time of big land boats and V8s but with its small size and V8 options starting in 1955 the Nacionale was a street weapon for its time and as a success with the drag racers, in 1961 the Nacionale received a new platform but still used the by now out date Power Bore Inline 6 and Tiger-cat V8.

In 1969 the position of small economy car was given to the new Lince and the Nacionale doubled in size and became the company first luxury adopting the name of Nacionale Grand, it continue without any face lifts until 1977 wen the 2 oil crises killed the demand for big V8 cars



 The IMC Lince 1969 to 1997  -the lince was the savior for IMC, in the late 60s the Nacionale was to old for the evolving competition, so IMC engineers cleverly shorten the wheelbase of the nacionale and made a semi monocoque design but still using a ladder chassi to hold the rear suspension, engine and front suspension to save on production cost. The lince was introduced in 4/11/1969 with the engine options of 3.3 inline 6 3.8 inline 6 4.2 inline 6 and 5.0 V8, and was a instant success due to its very low starting price of 12200,it received 3 facelifts and was the company's best seller due to the 70s oil crises, hitting the incredible milestone of 27 MPGs and selling 500 thousand cars from 1970 to 1979 1/2, in 1980 a new platform was made, it was used up to 1991 wen the last generation of the lince was made, By now the lince was not competitive but the brave car soldiered on still using its 1960s power plant but with a Multi Point Fuel Injection, the car sold well but not what was needed to save IMC that filed for bankruptcy in 1997

 The IMC Wasp 1970 to 1980 - The Wasp was a Lince with a trunk, it shared a lot of components with the lince, it sold modestly well and was a popular fleet car, but they also had some spice with the exclusive for 1971 ST version with a 360 CID Bearcat V8 and 4 speed manual,some consider this car the spiritual successor to the 1961 to 1968 Nacionale that was IMC answer to the Ford Falcon

 The IMC Hawk 1965 to 1974 - The hawk was IMC big bad muscle car, it was made for the 1960s pony car boom but the 1970s oil crises killed the car of in 1974, the car used most engines IMC made, from the 3.8 Powebore inline 6 all the way to the Triple 2 401 Bearcat V8 withe a stunning 396 HP in it ST version it also saw some success in the 1970 trans Am Series

 The IMC Diplomat 1968 to 1974 - The Diplomat was IMC land Boat for the 70s, it used a lot of the same components as the nacionale but it was the biggest car IMC ever made withe a Huge 4.7 Meters of overall length, but it still was the cheapest car of its class, but the 4.2 inline 6 as the standard engine option did hurt sales, it spot production in 1973 wen the oil crises killed the demand for big cars

 The Texan Series Of Trucks 1981 to 1989  - The Texan series of trucks ware made to try to get some sales in the expanding truck market, the Texan was a good truck but it was out shadowed by the trucks from the bigger car company's and was pulled of in 1989 to save money for the Lince Project

 THE END OF INSHUBI MOTOR COMPANY AS AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY 

In 1972 Deen Inshubi died and left the control of the company to his son that in 1977 sold the company to a group of investors, by now IMC was not doing so well but was not submerged in debt like other car company's, but that fact meant that withe no money IMC cars couldn't be Updated to keep up withe the competition and that led to the company slowly bleeding out, in 1989 the company took a loan, the money was used to make the 3 generation of the lince in the hopes that a new generation of its best sealing car was going to be able to pay off all the dept, but sadly the Lince was Not a sales boom that IMC hoped, the new Lince looked nice but its design was vary old fashioned for the 90s, in 1996 the group of Investors filed IMC for chapter 8 Bankruptcy and all IMC assets were liquidate to pay of its debts and workers salaries.

The new Buyer for IMC was MCL a big car company based in Japan and the USA, they used IMC to create a brand new luxury division for MCL, The first car IMC-MCL made was the old 1997 Lince using a 2.2L MCL engine as a place holder from 2003-2004 wille IMC engineers and designers raided MCLs toy box to create a brand new car for 2005, the results were the brand new Lince made to compete with cars like the Mini Cooper and the Audi A3 hatchback

 THE IMC-MCL DAYS 

IMC MCL are still making cars to this day, IMC uses a lot of components from MCL but IMC still make some engines Like the IMC 60V a 60 degree V6 in bothe N/A an Turbocharged, the cars that IMC make today is the Lince and wasp a medium hatch and sedan with a premium and sporty appeal

 IMC RACING TEAM 

In 1968 IMC decided they were going compete in the Trans Am series, the car used was the Wasp ST, the performance of the car was what could ba called explosive, in the stages the car worked it was a beast to the competition with incredible agility due to a finely tuned suspension that kept the almost 1400 kg car on the track, but because of that the wasp suffered a lot of brake downs and ultimately came in 4 place in the competition

in 1971 IMC as a marketing stunt fitted a 6,6 Liter or 401 CID engine in a limited numbers of IMC Linces GT 2000 Cars to be exact they sold withe the slogan "wen you need to get the groceries in a hurry" but then 1 employe look at the homologation rules of the american touring car champion ship a saw that the Lince fitted in, so in 1971 the white and blue Little Loch Ness Monster as the pilots nicknamed the car IMC rolled in to the grid of the 1971 touring car champion ship, The lince performed grate in high speed track with it incredible power to weight ratio but the car was a hand full to drive around corners and low speed turns, IMC racing team was credited with the most spin outs of all the competitors, but they came 2 in despite of all of this, and Lince sales went up about 5% after this Motorsport venture

''' IMC Diesels SA. '''

In the end of the 1970s IMC started development of its V8 Diesel engines, with this new efficient powerful and most important cheap engine,IMC soon started piling up Government contracts speciali in brazil to power Medium trucks, buses and some military trucks, in 1984 the diesel engines of IMC made 70% of the company's profit

In 1985 with the new turbo version of the 8 liter V8 diesel and the new heavy duty gas powered V12 engine IMC moved up market, aiming at the heavy duty truck market the V12 engine was a fiasco only seeing extensive service in air port tugs and trailer maneuvers in big semi hubs in 1989 IMC Diesels SA. was sold to Detroit Diesel in efforts to save the company