The Elizalde was a Spanish

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manufacturer from 1914 until 1928.

Automobile manufacturer

Arturo Elizalde Rouvier opened a

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in 1909, and used it to manufacture automobile parts. He and his brother-in-law, Rafael Biada Navarro, were co-managers of the company they had formed with J. M. Vallet y Arnau, under the name "Sociedad Mercantil J. M. Vallet y Cia". Vallet provided the company with a workshop at 149 Paseo de San Juan in Barcelona. Elizalde soon received backing from the Biada brothers, who began building complete cars. The first prototype, called the ''Tipo 11'', made its debut in July 1914. It covered the route between Barcelona,

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and

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in 13 hours. By 1915,

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owned a 20cv Biada-Elizalde

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''Tipo 20''. A 25cv

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version of the same car was marketed, with Alfonso's blessing, as the ''Reine Victoria''. It was claimed to be the first Spanish automobile to feature four-wheel

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s. The ''Reine Victoria'' was first shown at the Salón del Automóvil de Barcelona of 1919. In 1920, the company announced production of a 19/30 cv model, the ''Model 29''; it would have an ohv 3817 cc four-cylinder

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. Similar models would be built until 1927. Elizalde caused a sensation in 1920, by beginning production of a 50/60cv straight-eight known as the ''Tipo 48'' - one of the first cars in this configuration to go into production. Its 8143 cc power unit had four valves per cylinder and incorporated a

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. This pump doubled as a

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to be used on the car's interior. A 5181 cc straight-eight Gran Sport version of this model, capable of reaching , was also offered. In addition to producing cars, Elizalde built trucks and aircraft engines.

Aero engines

From 1925 the company produced

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s. Initially, they produced

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Lorraine engines under license, and just prior to the outbreak of the

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, it produced two types of air-cooled engines: the Dragon IX and Super-Dragon.

Aero engine designs

Elizalde Dragon IX Elizalde is a surname that originated in Spain and may refer to: Persons *Founders of Elizade & Company and Elizalde Holdings Corporation **Fred Elizalde (1907–1979), Filipino musician and bandleader ** Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (1896–1965) ...

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Elizalde Tigre IV The Elizalde Tigre IV, also known as the ENMA Tigre IV, is a Spanish four-cylinder inverted air-cooled engine designed and built by Elizalde SA shortly after the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or Th ...

(four-cylinder in-line air-cooled) **Tigre IVA - **Tigre IVB - *

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(450 hp seven-cylinder radial air-cooled)

Automobile manufacturer

Aero engines

Aero engine designs

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