Abadal
Sign in to saveAbadal is a Spanish automobile company founded by the famous early 20th century racing driver Don Francisco Serramelera Abadal, better known as Paco Abadal, in Barcelona in 1912.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Abadal
- Company.type
- Automobile manufacturer
- Company.industry
- Automotive
- Company.founded
- 1912
- Company.founder
- Francisco Serramelera Abadal
- Company.defunct
- 1923
- Company.hq_location
- Barcelona, Spain
- Company.key_people
- Francisco Serramelera Abadal
- Company.products
- Automobiles, Aero-engines
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- Spain
- Headquarters
- Barcelona
- Industry
- automotive industry
- Legal form
- privately held company
- Image
- Abadal-Buick 1923.jpg
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- Commons category
- Abadal vehicles
- location of formation
- Barcelona
- inception
- 1912-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1930-00-00
- trading name
- Abadal-Buick
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Don Francisco Serramelera Abadal
- Automobiles
- Abadal 18HP, 23HP and 45HP
- Abadal 15.9HP
- Abadal Buick 1923
- Impéria-Abadal
- Abadal Continental 1930
- Demise
- Gallery
- Abadal Y-12 aero-engine
- Postage stamps
- References
- External links
Abadal is a Spanish automobile company founded by the famous early 20th century racing driver Don Francisco Serramelera Abadal, better known as Paco Abadal, in Barcelona in 1912.
==Don Francisco Serramelera Abadal== thumb|right|Francisco Abadal Abadal was born on 27 July 1875 in Manresa and by the end of the century was a notable cyclist in Barcelona. His first motor vehicle was a 1.75-hp Clément tricycle which he raced. In 1902 Abadal began selling cars, motorbikes, cycles and accessories from the Auto-Garage Central in Barcelona.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abadal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.