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{{Infobox company
| name = Aquila Italiana
| logo = Aquila badge.png
| logo_size = 200px
| foundation = 1906
| defunct   = 1917
| fate      = ceased production, taken over by the [[SPA (automobile)|SPA]]
| location = [[Turin]], [[Italy]]
| industry = [[Automotive]]
| key_people = 
| products = [[Automobiles]]
| parent = 
}}
[[Image:Aquila Italiana 25 30.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Aquila Italiana 25/30 HP (1912)]]
'''Aquila Italiana''' (founded as the {{lang|it|Società Anonima Aquila}} and quickly renamed the {{lang|it|Società Anonima Italiana Aquila}}) was an Italian [[automobile]] manufacturer from 1906 to 1917. The company was renamed again in 1909 to {{lang|it|Aquila Anonima Italiana di L. Marsaglia}} after it was bought by a state – the Marsaglia part came from the name of the bank owner's son (Vincenzo Marsaglia, a talented automobile driver).

Designed by {{ill|Giulio Cesare Cappa|it}}, the cars were big [[four-cylinder|four-]] and [[straight-6|six-cylinder]] models with [[IOE engine|ioe]] engines of an advanced type.  There was an interruption in construction after 1908, but the company introduced new models in 1911; these featured 4192 cc six-cylinder engines and proved to be successful in many races.  Among Aquila Italiana drivers were [[Meo Constantini]] (later to join [[Bugatti]] at [[Molsheim]], where he became first a racing driver and later the [[Chef d'Equipe]]) and [[Carlo Masetti]] (Count [[Giulio Masetti]]'s elder brother).

== Production ==
The company Aquila Italiana produced approximately 1,500 cars (across all models).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:91%;"
|-			
|+Technical specifications<br/> Cars produced by "Aquila Anonima Italiana di L. Marsaglia" 					
|-						
!Type ||15/20 HP ||40/50 HP ||25/30 HP ||K-12/15 HP ||H4-20/30 HP ||H6-35/50
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Displacement''' 	||{{convert|2797|cc|cuin|abbr=on}}||{{convert|7432|cc|cuin|abbr=on}}||{{convert|3921|cc|cuin|abbr=on}}||{{convert|1847|cc|cuin|abbr=on}}	||{{convert|2614|cc|cuin|abbr=on}}	||{{convert|3921|cc|cuin|abbr=on}}
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Cylinders''' 	||4	||4	||6	||4	||4	||6
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Bore mm''' 	||90	||130	||80	||70	||80	||80
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Stroke mm '''||110	||140	||130	||120	||130	||130
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''rpm '''||1500	||1200	||3600	||2000	||1800	||1800
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Valves''' 	||Side	||Side	||Mixed	||At the top	||At the top	||At the top
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Ignition''' 	||[[ignition magneto|magneto]]	||magneto	||magneto	||magneto	||magneto	||magneto
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Gears''' 	||4+ RM	||4+ RM	||4+ RM	||4+ RM	||4+ RM	||4 + RM
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Transmission''' 	||cardan	||cardan	||cardan	||cardan       ||cardan	||cardan
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Wheelbase''' 	|| {{convert|2500|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} || {{convert|2900|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} || {{convert|3055|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} || {{convert|2600|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}	|| {{convert|2850|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} || {{convert|3050|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Track'''	|| {{convert|1250|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} || {{convert|1400|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} || {{convert|1445|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} || {{convert|1300|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} || {{convert|1440|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} || {{convert|1440|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
|-	||	||	||	||	||	||
|'''Production''' 	||1909-11	||1909-11 	||1909-12 	||1913-17 	||1912-17 	||1913-17
|}
{{-}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Italy|Companies}}
* [[List of Italian companies]]

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110603013930/http://www.museoauto.it/website/en/collezione/29-aquila-italiana/26-aquila-italiana-mod-2530-hp AQUILA ITALIANA mod. 25/30 HP on the National Automobile Museum of Turin website]

[[Category:Vintage vehicles]]
[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1906]]
[[Category:Italian companies established in 1906]]
[[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Turin]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1917]]
[[Category:1917 disestablishments in Italy]]
[[Category:Cars of Italy]]


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