Ebro (vehicle manufacturer)

Ebro was a Spanish manufacturer of medium and heavy trucks , buses, all-wheel drive off-road vehicles and tractors.

500 Pesetas share from Ford Motor Ibérica SA on July 10, 1929

Ebro F series

Jeep Ebro Comando S.

The forerunner of the Ebro brand was the Ford subsidiary founded in Spain in 1920 under the name “Ford Motor Co. SAE”, which was initially based in Cádiz and from 1923 in Barcelona . In 1929 the company changed its name to "Ford Motor Ibérica SA". During the entire period up to the Second World War , cars, trucks, buses and tractors from the Ford range were assembled and sold in Spain under the name “Ford”.

The Spanish dictator Francisco Franco , who was supported by US competitors General Motors and Chrysler , among others , during the Spanish Civil War , but not by Ford, pushed for a name change in the brand name after the war. Since the English Fordson Thames 7V (later Fordson Thames ET and Thames Trader ) was built under license at that time, the decision was made to use the Spanish river name Ebro, based on the River Thames , on which the Ford UK plant in Dagenham is located . The first car was given the model designation Ebro 7V . In 1954 the plant was nationalized and Ford sold its shares in Ebro Motor Ibérica. The cooperation with Ford UK was continued until 1965.

In the 1960s, Ebro Motor Ibérica took over the Spanish company FADISA, a company that built products from Alfa Romeo , Avia , Perkins and AISA under license, as well as SIATA delivery vans and jeeps under the VIASA-EBRO brand. In 1966, the agricultural machinery manufacturer Massey Ferguson acquired 32% of the shares in Motor Ibérica and became a cooperation partner for tractors and engines. With the end of the Franco dictatorship, license production of Alfa Romeo and Jeep products gradually ended. In 1976 the P series appeared, a truck with a total weight of up to 27 tons. In 1979 the E series was presented as the successor to the Alfa Romeo licensed product. At the end of 1979, Massey Ferguson sold its 33% stake in Nissan due to the economic crisis , which was looking for a European production site. In 1981 the agricultural machinery division was sold to Kubota and now operated under the name "Ebro-Kubota". At the same time, Nissan increased its stake to 55%. In 1982 the Nissan Cabstar  F22 was the first European Nissan model to be produced at the Barcelona plant , and other Nissan models followed. In 1986 Nissan Ebro Motor acquired Ibérica completely. In 1987 the company was renamed Nissan Motor Ibérica . The E-series, which was still produced by Ebro, was renamed the Nissan Trade , and the P-series was discontinued.

Last independent Ebro vehicle models

• Ebro F-series with a load capacity of up to 7 tons (1977–1987)
• Ebro P-series with a loading capacity of 3 to 27 tons (1976–1981)
• Ebro L / M series with a loading capacity of 3.5 to 27 tons (1980–1987)

Web links

Commons : Vehicles by Ebro  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikibooks: Tractor Lexicon: Ebro  - Learning and teaching materials

• http://www.fomcc.de/spanien.htm Ebro history