Società Officine Meccaniche e Fonderie Michele Ansaldi

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Società Officine Meccaniche e Fonderie Michele Ansaldi
legal form
founding 1905
resolution 1906
Seat Turin , Italy
management Michele Ansaldi
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Società Officine Meccaniche e Fonderie Michele Ansaldi was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Michele Ansaldi founded the company on March 7, 1905. He held 55% of the shares, Fiat the remaining 45%. The total capital was 850,000 lire . The company was based in Via Cuneo in Turin and produced automobiles. The brand name was Fiat-Ansaldi . In 1906 Brevetti Fiat took over the company. Michele Ansaldi then founded the Società Ligure Piemontese Automobili together with Matteo Ceirano .

vehicles

The only model 10/12 HP had a four-cylinder engine with 3053 cm³ displacement , a three-speed gearbox and chain drive.

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 1 A – F. 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