Cantono Avantreni
Eugenio Cantono SA (1900–1903) Cantono Avantreni SA (1904–1906) |
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legal form | Spa |
founding | 1900 |
resolution | 1906 |
Seat | Rome , Italy |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Eugenio Cantono SA , later Cantono Avantreni SA , was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Eugenio Cantono founded the company that bore his name in Rome in 1900 to manufacture automobiles. In 1903 the company went bankrupt . Cantono Avantreni SA was established in 1904. The brand name was Cantono . In 1906 it became the Fabbrica Rotabili Avantreni Motori , which was based in Genoa .
vehicles
The company manufactured vehicles with electric motors. There were models A as Avant-Trains , which were harnessed to non-motorized vehicles, and Tourisme as complete vehicles. The accumulators were mounted above the axle , later covered with a hood that resembled the hood of gasoline cars.
Licensing
From 1904 to 1907, the Cantono Electric Tractor Company of Marion , New Jersey, manufactured Cantono automobiles under license .
Engine deliveries
Officine Galileo from Florence used Cantono engines to power its vehicles between 1900 and 1904.
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)