Società TAU

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Società TAU
legal form
founding 1924
resolution 1926
Seat Turin , Italy
management Pietro Scaglione
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Società TAU was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Pietro Scaglione founded the company in Turin in 1924 as a successor to Rubino and began producing automobiles. The brand name was TAU . In 1926 production ended after around 100 copies were made.

vehicles

On offer were the Tipo 95 and the Tipo 90 sports car , which were based on Rubino models, but with different engines. Both had a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2297 cm³ . The Tipo 95 had a T-head engine that made 45 hp . The engine of the Tipo 90 had an overhead camshaft and developed 50 hp. The design-related maximum speed was given as 100 or 120 km / h. The transmission of both models had four gears.

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 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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