Automobili Franco

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Automobili Franco
legal form
founding 1907
resolution 1912
Seat Sesto San Giovanni , Italy
management Attilio Franco
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Automobili Franco was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Attilio Franco founded the company in Via Aleardi in Milan in 1907 for the production of sporty automobiles. The brand name was Franco . The first vehicle was exhibited at the Turin Motor Show in 1908 . Later the company moved to Sesto San Giovanni . Production ended in 1912.

vehicles

In 1907, Attilio Franco designed the first vehicle. In 1910 a model with a four-cylinder engine followed , the engine of which had a displacement of 6800 cm³ . The 30/50 HP model came out later. All vehicles had chain drives.

Franco Cariolato on Franco at the 1908 Targa Florio .

Races

Franco Cariolato took part in the Targa Florio with a Franco vehicle in 1909 , but did not reach the goal. In 1910 he won the Targa Florio. He covered the two laps on the Grande circuito delle Madonie over a total of 297 km at an average speed of 46.8 km / h.

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 : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
  • Collective of authors: Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Brands · Models · Technology. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg, 1989

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