Officine Scirea

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Officine Scirea
legal form
founding 1910
resolution 1927
Seat Monza , Italy
management Antonio Scirea
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Officine Scirea was an Italian manufacturer of aircraft engines and automobiles .

Company history

Antonio Scirea founded the company for the production of aircraft engines in Milan in 1910 . In 1914 the production of automobiles began for a short time. The brand name was Scirea . In 1924, production was resumed at the new company headquarters in Monza . Production ended in 1927.

vehicles

The first 8/10 HP model appeared in 1914. The four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1131 cm³ developed 14 HP . The design-related maximum speed was given as 70 km / h. The transmission had three gears.

The Tipo Unico and Sport models with a four-speed gearbox followed in 1924 . The engines of these models developed 22 HP or 35 HP from a displacement of 1539 cm³ and enabled a top speed of 90 km / h or 105 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 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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