Urbanina
Bargagli e Cristani SpA Urbanina SpA |
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legal form | Spa |
founding | 1965 |
resolution | around 1973 |
Seat | Santa Croce sull'Arno , Italy |
management | Marquis Piergirolamo Bargagli |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Urbanina SpA , previously Bargagli e Cristani SpA , was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
The company Bargagli e Cristani SpA of Pisa presented in 1965 at the Turin Motor Show for the first time a vehicle from which was designed by Marquis Piergirolamo Bargagli, and began with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Urbanina . Urbanina SpA was later founded in Santa Croce sull'Arno . Production ended around 1973.
vehicles
The company manufactured micro cars. Various bodies could be mounted on a platform frame. This included completely open, completely closed and open bodies with a convertible top. The vehicle length of the prototype was 194 cm. Different motors provided the drive. At the beginning a single - cylinder two-stroke engine with a displacement of 175 cm³ was installed. Later, an air-cooled two-stroke engine from Innocenti with a displacement of 198 cm³ and 3.75 hp and electric motors from Bosch with 1 kW and 2 kW were available.
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 3 P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
Web links
- Photo of a landaulet (accessed February 12, 2012)
- Photo of an open vehicle (accessed February 12, 2012)
- Photo of a closed vehicle (accessed February 12, 2012)