Ideal was a Spanish cyclecar brand linked to Talleres Hereter S.A., a Barcelona company founded in 1912 by Laureano Hereter Fonoll. Talleres Hereter began as a business installing water and heating systems before moving into the manufacture of automotive parts and spares. The Ideal cars themselves had originally been created by engineers Carlos and Claudio Baradat Guillé and built by the firm Batlle, Custals y Cía. In 1916, when Batlle,…
