National Pescara
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National Pescara was a government backed attempt to create a Spanish motor industry. The project was the idea of Raúl Pateras Pescara
, and the first car was designed by his brother Enrique. The company was set up in 1929 in Barcelona
, and cars went on sale in 1930.
The car produced was called the Eight and was a twin cam inline eight cylinder engine with a 3L capacity and 125 bhp driving the rear wheels. The car could be had with a selection of body styles.
The project was doomed to failure as Spain was a poor country at the time, and when the Spanish revolution happened in 1936, the project floundered and did not continue past 1932.
Raúl Pateras Pescara
Raúl Pateras Pescara de Castelluccio , marquis of Pateras-Pescara, was an Argentine lawyer and inventor specializing in seaplanes and helicopters, as well as motors, compressors, and the Pescara free-piston engine.-Biography:At the beginning of the 20th century, his family returned from Buenos...
, and the first car was designed by his brother Enrique. The company was set up in 1929 in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, and cars went on sale in 1930.
The car produced was called the Eight and was a twin cam inline eight cylinder engine with a 3L capacity and 125 bhp driving the rear wheels. The car could be had with a selection of body styles.
The project was doomed to failure as Spain was a poor country at the time, and when the Spanish revolution happened in 1936, the project floundered and did not continue past 1932.