Alba (1907 automobile)
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The Alba was an Austria
n automobile built in Trieste
(then a part of Austria) from 1907 to 1908. The company's first cars, built in a 20,000 square metre factory, had pair-cast 40-45hp
engines of 6872cc.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n automobile built in Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
(then a part of Austria) from 1907 to 1908. The company's first cars, built in a 20,000 square metre factory, had pair-cast 40-45hp
Horsepower
Horsepower is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses in continuous operation. The unit was widely adopted to measure the...
engines of 6872cc.