What is "ansaldo"

• Not to be confused with the Ansaldi car manufactured in Milan in 1904, and which was sold as the Fiat Brevetti after 1905.

The Ansaldo was an Italian automobile manufactured by the armaments concern Gio. Ansaldo %26 C. from 1921 to 1931. The company entered car manufacture with an OHC inline-four engine model which could develop at 3600 rpm. A sports version with engine was offered, as was a six-cylinder version of 1991 cc; later six-cylinders were offered with engines of 2179 cc.

Among the company's last cars was an OHV straight-8 of . Ansaldos were generally of good quality and modern design, and competed in many races. When Wikov began manufacture in Czechoslovakia in 1928, they built the Ansaldo Tipo 10.

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Ansaldo is an Italian surname, and can refer to:

Companies

• Gio. Ansaldo & C., an Italian engineering company founded in 1853 which engaged in railway component construction and repair, shipbuilding, and aircraft design and manufacturing, owned (among others), the Ansaldo shipyards in Genoa and Naples, and was taken over in 1993 by the Finmeccanica group (since 2016 Leonardo-Finmeccanica)
• Ansaldo Energia, an Italian engineering company
• AnsaldoBreda, Italian rolling stock manufacturer
• Ansaldo STS, a multinational technology company which produces signalling and automation systems for use by rail and rapid transit operators.

People

• Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo (1584-1638), an Italian painter from Genoa

Vehicles and aircraft

• Ansaldo, various Italian aircraft manufactured by the Ansaldo company; see Gio. Ansaldo & C.#Aircraft production
• Ansaldo (car), a series of Italian cars produced between 1921 and 1931
• Fiat Ansaldo, an Italian armoured car produced in 1925