América cars
América Autos SA | |
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legal form | Sociedad Anónima |
founding | 1913 |
resolution | 1922 |
Seat | Barcelona , Spain |
management | Irigoyen, Pladellorens, Pazos |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
América Autos SA was a Spanish manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Messrs Irigoyen, Pladellorens and Pazos founded the company in Barcelona in 1913 . Manuel Pazos was the chief designer. In 1917 the production of automobiles began. In 1919 the company exhibited vehicles at the Salón del Automóvil de Barcelona . Production ended in 1922. The brand name was America .
vehicles
First there was the model type A with a four-cylinder - valve engine and a three-speed transmission, which already had a kind of synchronization. The type B followed in 1919 , also called 6/8 HP . Here a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 760 cm³ provided the drive. In 1921 the Type C followed, based on the Type B , a sports car also available as a single-seater.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
- George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
- George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Publishing, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 . (English)
Web links
- GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on July 23, 2013)
- autopasion18.com (Spanish, with photos, accessed July 23, 2013)