Anasagasti

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Horacio Anasagasti & Cia
legal form
founding 1910
resolution 1915
Seat Buenos Aires , Argentina
management Horacio Anasagasti
Branch Automobiles

Anasagasti

Horacio Anasagasti & Cia was an Argentinian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Horacio Anasagasti founded the company in Buenos Aires in 1910 . First he imported automobiles from Europe . In 1911 the production of automobiles with built-in engines from France began . The brand name was Anasagasti . Production ended in 1915 because the French engine suppliers could no longer deliver engines due to the First World War . A total of around 30 vehicles were built, two of which still exist.

vehicles

Anasagasti initially purchased motors from Établissements Ballot . Engines with 12 HP and 15 HP are given , although it is unclear whether these are French tax horsepower or pure engine power in horsepower .

Motors from Picker-Janvier were later used.

Horacio Anasagasti used the first vehicle on September 17, 1911 in the race from Rosario to Córdoba and back to Rosario, but retired due to a mechanical defect. Further races followed.

literature

Web links

Commons : Anasagasti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Anasagasti.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 57. (English)