União Metalo-Mecânica bought the licence for the long Cournil and the rights to sell it outside France in 1977, the year Gevarm took the French rights. The first Portuguese vehicles carried their designer’s name; the press saw them in May 1979, and the Portuguese Army and the GNR had already ordered.
UMM restyled the doors in 1980 and 1983, moved from the 2.1-litre Indenor diesel to the 2.3 in 1982 and fitted a ZF gearbox in 1983, when 955 were sold in Portugal alone. Three started and three finished the 1982 Paris–Dakar. The last units of 1984 carried parts of the Alter that replaced them in 1985.
UMM 4x4 Cournil (1977–1980)
3 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe Entrepreneur, the short Randonneur and its pick-up, the Tracteur.
Registry records · chapter 1
UMM 4x4 (1980–1985)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThe Entrepreneur alone, with the 2.3-litre engine from 1982 and the ZF gearbox from 1983.
Registry records · chapter 2
Military and paramilitary (1978–1986)
4 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe Portuguese Army’s 245 of 1978, twenty with a 106 mm recoilless rifle, the GNR and Guarda Fiscal, and 44 for the Dutch Army.
Paris–Dakar (1982–1985)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERJosé Megre’s team: three starters and three finishers in 1982.
Registry records · chapter 4
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.In service
Where the registry's Cournil 4x4 records worked; each opens the themed history.Sources
- União Metalo-Mecânica — Wikipédia
- UMM 4x4 — Wikipedia
- Cournil — Wikipedia
Cournil 4x4 records in the registry
9 records, oldest first.
4x4 Cournil Entrepreneur1977–80 · Portugal4x4 (GNR and Guarda Fiscal)1978–85 · Portugal4x4 (Portuguese Army)1978–85 · Portugal4x4 with 106 mm recoilless rifle1978 · Portugal
4x4 Cournil and Entrepreneur (1979–85)1979–85 · Portugal4x4 Cournil Randonneur1979 · Portugal4x4 Cournil Tracteur1979 · PortugalParis–Dakar team1982–85 · Portugal
Entrepreneur (Royal Netherlands Army)1986 · Portugal