Ansaldo (car)


The Ansaldo was an Italian automobile manufactured by the armaments concern Gio. Ansaldo & C. from 1921 to 1931. The company entered car manufacture with an OHC inline-four engine model which could develop at 3600 rpm. A sports version with engine was offered, as was a six-cylinder version of 1991 cc; later six-cylinders were offered with engines of 2179 cc.
Among the company's last cars was an OHV straight-8 of . Ansaldos were generally of good quality and modern design, and competed in many races. When Wikov began manufacture in Czechoslovakia in 1928, they built the Ansaldo Tipo 10.