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La Cuadra

1899-1901

Brand Data

1899 – 1901
Company name
Compania General Espanola de Coches Automoviles Emilio de la Cuadra SC
Place
Barcelona
Country
Spain

La Cuadra, formally the Compañía General Española de Coches Automóviles Emilio de la Cuadra, Sociedad en Comandita, was an early Spanish car manufacturing venture based in Barcelona. Its founder, Emilio de la Cuadra Albiol, was an artillery captain who lived in Lérida, where he had set up a small hydroelectric power plant. After attending the Paris Universal Exposition in December 1889 and following the development of early motoring, including the…

Spain · 1899-1901 · Electric, Hybrid · Associated with Emilio de la Cuadra, Marc Birkigt

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