Siam Di Tella

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Siam Di Tella
legal form
founding 1910
resolution ?
Seat Monte Chingolo , Argentina
Branch Metal processing, automobiles

building
Siambretta motor scooter
Di Tella 1500
Di Tella Magnette
First generation Di Tella Argenta

Siam Di Tella was an Argentine company.

Company history

Torcuato Di Tella (1892–1948) founded the Siam company in 1910 , short for Sección Industrial Amasadoras Mecánicas . Guido Allegrucci was his partner. Initially, machines for bakeries and later other technical devices, including refrigerators, were created . After his death in 1948, his sons Torcuato and Guido took over the company and renamed it Siam Di Tella . In the 1950s, washing machines , stoves , televisions and the Siambretta scooter were added.

In 1959, automobile production began in Monte Chingolo in the province of Buenos Aires under license from the British Motor Corporation . Another source states that the agreement with BMC was made in 1959, but the plant wasn't finished until March 15, 1960, and the first automobile was assembled on April 2, 1960. Now Siam stood for Sociedad Industrial Americana de Máquinas . The brand name was Di Tella ., Possibly also Siam . At the end of 1961 the company had around 2000 employees. In 1964, due to financial difficulties, a collaboration with IKA took place . Automobile production at Siam Di Tella ended in 1965 or 1966. The Compañía Industrial de Automotores ( CIDASA for short ) continued automobile production.

In 1986 parts of the company were sold.

vehicles

The first model was the 1500 as a sedan . It was based on the BMC ADO9 series , either on the Morris Oxford or the Riley 4/68 . Its four-cylinder engine with a 73 mm bore , 89 mm stroke and 1489 cm³ displacement developed 41 kW (56  hp ).

In 1962 or 1963 the Kombi Traveler added to the range.

The magnet was added in 1964. He was more inspired by the MG Magnette . Its four-cylinder engine had a 76.2 mm bore, thus 1622 cm³ displacement, and made 55 kW (75 hp).

These vehicles had a wheelbase of 252 cm. They were 452 cm long, 162 cm wide and 152 cm high. The curb weight was given as 1090 kg.

In 1961 or 1962, the Argenta pick-up added to the range. The first series was based on an older model. The engine with a displacement of 1489 cm³ developed 35 kW (47 hp). The 251 cm wheelbase vehicle was 429 cm long, 159 cm wide and 161 cm high. It weighed 1003 kg. The second series, based on the 1500 , followed in 1963 . The wheelbase was 2546 mm, a little more than the sedan. The vehicle was 4586 mm long, 1610 mm wide and 1513 mm high. The curb weight was 950 kg and the payload was 500 kg.

Production numbers

The production figures for the individual models are shown below. It should be noted that the approximately 7,000 vehicles from CIDASA are included.

model Production number
1500 (sedan) 45,785
1500 Traveler (station wagon) 1.915
Magnette 2,664
Argenta (pick-up) 11,113
total 61,477

Another source states that a total of 62,049 automobiles were made.

Siam di Tella División electromecánica

In the late 1960s, SIAM's electromechanical division signed two contracts that would eventually allow heavy machinery to be produced in the country. The first contract with the US company Wabco (Westinghouse Air Brake CO) was for the production of three models of Wabco motor graders at its Monte Chingolo plant. These were the models 440, 444 and 660. This contract was in force until the mid-1980s, where Sade (Sociedad Argentina de Electrificación) had been producing the motor grader models 130 H and 160 H under the Siam Sade brand since 1984 1990s continued.

The second contract was with International Harvester for the production of the front loader Payloader H60B, extended until the late 1970s.

literature

Web links

Commons : Siam Di Tella  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Di Tella.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 439. (English)
  3. ↑ a b GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring (accessed on August 27, 2016)
  4. ↑ a b c d e Soledad Reuque: SIAM: Una marca argentina of March 21, 2016. (Spanish, accessed on August 27, 2016)
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Coche Argentino (Spanish, accessed August 27, 2016)
  6. ↑ a b d'Auto (Dutch, accessed August 27, 2016)
  7. ^ Roger Gloor: Passenger Cars of the 1960s. Hallwag, Bern 1990, ISBN 3-444-10307-7 , p. 392.
  8. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on August 27, 2016)
  9. ↑ www.autohistoria.com.ar (Spanish, accessed on August 27, 2016)
  10. ↑ disregional (Spanish, accessed August 27, 2016)
  11. ↑ Siam Wabco 440 of June 7, 2015 (Spanish, accessed December 30, 2017)
  12. ↑ Siam Wabco 444 of June 7, 2015 (Spanish, accessed December 30, 2017)
  13. ↑ Siam Wabco 660 of June 7, 2015 (Spanish, accessed December 30, 2017)
  14. ↑ Siam Sade 130 H of August 31, 2016 (Spanish, accessed December 30, 2017)
  15. ^ Siam Sade 160 H from August 31, 2016 (Spanish, accessed December 30, 2017)
  16. ↑ Siam Payloader H 60 B from June 7, 2015 (Spanish, accessed December 30, 2017)