Società Automobili e Motori

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Società Automobili e Motori
legal form
founding 1924
resolution 1928
Seat Legnano , Italy
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Società Automobili e Motori was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Legnano company started producing automobiles in 1924. The brand name was SAM . Production ended in 1928.

vehicles

The vehicles were the successors of the Motovetturette Vaghi SA models , but in contrast to these had four wheels. The engines with a choice of 740 cm³, 882 cm³, 1000 cm³ or 1100 cm³ displacement came from SCAT. The range included two-seaters, three-seaters, four-seaters and sports cars. A sports car had an engine with overhead camshaft , another a four-cylinder engine of Chapuis-Dornier 1095 cc.

Races

Gino Crespi, Viktor Jockl and Ernst Uebensee drove races for SAM. A racing car won its class at the Monza 24-hour race in 1926 .

Part deliveries

The Fonderie Officine Debenedetti were chassis and bodies delivered.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Nick Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago IL 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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