Ansaldo (car)

The Ansaldo was an Italian automobile manufactured by an armaments concern from 1921 to 1931. The company entered car manufacture with an ohc 1847 cc four-cylinder model which could develop 36 bhp at 3600 rpm. A sports version with 1981 cc 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 3532 cc. 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 1453 cc Ansaldo Tipo 10.