Padus Fabbrica Automobili

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Padus Fabbrica Automobili SA
legal form Spa
founding 1906
resolution 1908
Seat Turin , Italy
Number of employees 100
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Padus Fabbrica Automobili SA was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Turin-based company started producing automobiles in April 1906. The brand name was Padus . Production ended in mid-1908 after around 600 copies were made.

vehicles

The models on offer were 6 HP with a single-cylinder engine and 8 HP and 10 HP with a two-cylinder engine . A special feature was a friction or friction gear with 6 gears and an integrated clutch . A model with a four-cylinder engine presented in 1904 remained a prototype .

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.
  3. ^ A b Author collective: Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Brands · Models · Technology. 1989.