Pegaso
Z-102 (all bodies)

Why it matters

The Z-102 was Spain's post-war technical showpiece: a quad-cam, all-alloy V8 grand tourer from a truck and bus maker, designed by former Alfa Romeo engineer Wifredo Ricart. Between 84 and 125 were built, and the fastest versions reached about 160 mph, claimed at the time as the world's fastest production car.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

Pegaso began the Z-102 with two prototypes in 1951; their steel bodies proved too heavy, so production cars received alloy coachwork on a pressed-steel chassis. The dry-sump V8 grew from 2.5 to 2.8 and 3.2 litres, with outputs from 175 to 360 hp, driving a five-speed non-synchromesh transaxle and De Dion rear axle. Bodies came from Pegaso itself and from Touring, Serra and Saoutchik. The car was costly to build, competition results were modest, and the model ended after 1958.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

Z-102 cars have a front-mounted four-cam V8 with a rear-mounted five-speed transaxle, torsion-bar suspension all round with a De Dion rear axle, and large ventilated aluminium-finned drums (inboard at the rear). The factory produced its own body or supplied chassis for coachwork by Touring, Saoutchik or Serra; Touring built most of them. Later Touring cars have the Panoramica windscreen with reverse-raked pillars on the revised Z-103 chassis.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   Sports Car Digest – Car profile: Pegaso Z-102 Level B

   • 84 lower bound of 84–125 cars range

   Accessed 2026-11-11
2. 2
   Car Profile: Pegaso Z-102 Level B Sports Car Digest

   • four-cam, all-alloy V8 with dry-sump lubrication
   • started at 2.5 litres, later 2.8 and 3.2
   • Output across the range 175 to 360 hp
   • five-speed, non-synchromesh gearbox in unit with differential
   • Up to 160 mph for the fastest versions

   Accessed 2026-11-12
3. 3
   Motoring Memories: Pegaso, 1951 - 1958 (Bill Vance) Level C CanadianDriver (Wayback capture)

   • He chose a V8 engine
   • compression ratios ranged from 7.8:1 to 9.0:1
   • double overhead camshafts
   • One, two or four Weber carburetors could be fitted
   • rear-mounted, five-speed manual transaxle
   • torsion bars all around, longitudinal in front
   • lateral at the rear, where a solid De Dion axle was fitted
   • huge finned and ventilated drums, outboard at the front and inboard at the rear
   • wheelbase of only 2,337 mm (92 in.)
   • Performance of the 998 kg (2,200 lb) car

   Accessed 2026-11-13
4. 4
   1956 Pegaso Z-103 Panoramica Level C Motor Trend Classic

   • four gear-driven camshafts running in needle bearings
   • Front geometry was the typical unequal-length control arms
   • Unassisted worm-and-sector steering was geared for 1.7 turns lock-to-lock

   Accessed 2026-11-13