Fabbrica Automobili Standard

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Fabbrica Automobili Standard SA
legal form Spa
founding 1906
resolution 1912
Seat Turin , Italy
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Fabbrica Automobili Standard SA was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Turin-based company had its administration at 20 Corso Siccardi and its factory at Viale Stupinigi. In March 1906 the production of automobiles began. The brand names were FAS and Standard . In 1907 the company found itself in a difficult financial situation, but it was overcome. Production ended in 1912 when Michele Ansaldi took over the factory.

vehicles

The only model 14/20 HP was equipped with a four-cylinder engine. The engine with two camshafts made 20 hp from a displacement of 2495 cm³ . The transmission had four forward and one reverse gears.

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 3 P – Z. 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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