Wolseley Italiana

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Società Anonima Wolseley Italiana
legal form Spa
founding 1907
resolution 1909
Reason for dissolution liquidation
Seat Legnano , Italy
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Racing car from 1907

The Società Anonima Wolseley Italiana , Wolsit for short , was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles . There are also Officine Legnanesi Automobili Wolsit and Officine Automobili Legnanesi Wolsit called.

Company history

The company was founded in Legnano in January 1907 . The Banca di Legnano with 2 million lire and the Macchi brothers from Varese were involved . The aim was to produce automobiles under license from the Wolseley Motor Company . The brand name was Wolsit .

The company exhibited vehicles at the Milan Motor Show from May 19 to June 9, 1907 and at the Turin Motor Show from January 18 to February 2, 1908 .

Only a few vehicles were built due to the economic crisis at the time. One source says there were around 25 vehicles. In 1909 the company was liquidated .

A successor company then manufactured bicycles .

vehicles

Two sources state that complete vehicles were made. A third source thinks that chassis were imported from England , which served as a base, received their own bodies and were completed in this way. A total of five models of passenger cars have come down to us.

The smallest model was the 10/12 HP . He had a two-cylinder engine with 1775 cc displacement . This type of model specification indicates 10 tax horsepower and 12 horsepower engine output.

There were also two models with four-cylinder engines . The 16/24 HP had 3550 cm³ displacement and the 30/40 HP 5555 cm³ displacement.

The largest model was the 45/60 HP . Its six-cylinder engine had a displacement of 8190 cc.

The last model to appear on the market was the 14/20 HP . It had a four-cylinder engine and a displacement of 2587 cc.

The vehicle with the number 2699 was intended for Margaret of Italy .

The chassis of a bus was also exhibited in Milan .

Motorsport

Three vehicles took part in the Coppa Florio in Brescia on September 1, 1907 . Wild, George and Jo Durlacher have been handed down as drivers . Wild reached the goal in 13th place.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Wolseley Italiana; Wolsite.
  • Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Brands · Models · Technology. Weltbild-Verlag, Augsburg 1989, p. 476.
  • Not so Ditlev Clausager: Wolseley. A very British car. Herridge & Sons, Beaworthy 2016, ISBN 978-1-906133-73-3 , p. 84 (English).

Web links

Commons : Wolseley Italiana  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Wolseley Italiana; Wolsite.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Brands · Models · Technology. Weltbild-Verlag, Augsburg 1989, p. 476.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Anders Ditlev Clausager: Wolseley. A very British car. Herridge & Sons, Beaworthy 2016, ISBN 978-1-906133-73-3 , p. 84 (English).
  4. ↑ Targa Florio 1907 (English, accessed January 3, 2020)
  5. ↑ Anders Ditlev Clausager: Wolseley. A very British car. Herridge & Sons, Beaworthy 2016, ISBN 978-1-906133-73-3 , p. 70 (English).