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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
10. Introduction to Part III: The Early Spanish Carmakers
Author : A. J. Jacobs
Published in: The Automotive Industry and European Integration
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
This chapter offers a brief history of HispanoSuiza, Spain’s first prominent carmaker. It chronicles the firm’s initial success during the early 1900s, and then how its Barcelona plant was militarized during the country’s civil war (1936–1939) and ultimately nationalized for truck production in 1946. Thereafter, it reveals how, Hispano-Suiza joined forces with local banks and industrialists to establish Sociedad Iberica de Automoviles de Turismo in Barcelona (SIAT). Although SIAT never produced a car, its place in Spanish automobile history remains assured, as the company spawned the nation’s largest carmaker, Sociedad Espanola de Automoviles de Turismo, SA (SEAT), in 1950, through an alliance with Fiat of Italy. Again, for ease of use, frequently referenced tables in Chaps. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17—Tables 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3—are placed at the end of this chapter.