SPA / ITALY

 

SPA /   TORINO / ITALY  ( 1906 - 1926 )

This brand was created by Michele Ansaldi and Matteo Ceirano, a member of the Ceirano family of automobile manufacturers.  On June 12, 1906, the two founded the “Società Piemontese Automobili Ansaldi-Ceirano” (SPA) in Turin, Italy. The first models had a 4-cylinder engine with 7785 cc, followed by six-cylinder engines with an incredible 11677 cc. From 1916 onwards, there was a wide range of touring cars, sports cars, racing cars, commercial vehicles, and aircraft engines.

In 1926, SPA was acquired by FIAT. In 1926, SPA was acquired by FIAT and the production of SPA  passenger cars was discontinued. FIAT continued to offer trucks under the SPA brand name until 1949. 

The first enameled emblem I was able to find was oval with the three white letters SPA on a black background: 

 

 

SPA radiator with oval badge  ( photo collection C. H. Wulff )

 

 

SPA vehicle with oval emblem

 

 

In 1913, the French magazine OMNIA published this photograph of the SPA's radiator and hood.

 

 I was able to find three different enameled chassis plates:

 

 

Size	10.2 cm x 5.0 cm
Year	- 1914
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Size	6.5 cm
Year	1918 - 1926
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backside without makers mark

 

 

 

Size	6.0 cm
Year	1920 - 1923
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1919 advertisement for the British market

 

SPA TIPO 23  SPORT with v - shaped radiator ( photo collection C.H. Wulff)

 

This advertisement also promotes the TIPO 23 SPORT. However, the vehicle looks much more elegant in the photo shown above.

 

If this photo is to be believed, there was also an emblem where the letters were black and the background was white:

 

 

photo of the SPA stand at the Brussels Motor Show in 1923.

 

 

This advertisement dates back to 1926. That same year marked the end of the SPA company.

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