Hispano-Argentina

Hispano-Argentina Fabrica de Automoviles SA, commonly known as HAFDASA, was an automobile manufacturer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The company's origins traced back to engineer Carlos Ballester-Molina, who from 1925 served as the Argentine importer for Hispano-Suiza. During the 1930s he also became known for manufacturing high-quality automatic weapons that were favored by the local armed forces. Like Horacio Anasagasti before him, Ballester-Molina held ambitions of producing a genuinely Argentine…