Silvani & Botta

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Silvani & Botta
legal form
founding 1920
resolution 1924
Seat Milan , Italy
management Eugenio Silvani
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Silvani & Botta was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Eugenio Silvani founded the automobile production company together with Botta in Milan in 1920 . Production ended in 1924.

vehicles

The first model had a four-cylinder engine with 1500 cm³ displacement , which was based on the engine from the Fiat 501 , but had a self-developed cylinder head with OHC valve control . In 1922 a model appeared with an eight-cylinder engine with 2000 cc displacement, which was based on the engine from the Fiat 520 , but had two overhead camshafts . The vehicles were also used in car races.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Collective of authors: Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Brands · Models · Technology. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg, 1989