The Soriano-Pedroso was a French

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The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 automobile

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 manufactured in Biarritz

Biarritz

Biarritz is a city which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in south-western France. It is a luxurious seaside town and is popular with tourists and surfers....

 from 1919 until 1924. Built by two Spaniards

Spain

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 the Marques de San Carlos de Pedroso and the Marques de Ivanrey Ricardo Soriano Sholtz von Hermensdorff, the original models were Ballot

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-engine

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d 1131 cc and 1590 cc cars. The men next built a 902 cc Ruby-engined cyclecar

Cyclecar

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, and designed the prototype

Prototype

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for a straight-eight; their main product, however, was marine engines.