Fial (''Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Legnano''), direct translation ''Italian Automobile Factory Legnano'', was a company that manufactured industrial and marine engines in

Legnano Legnano (; or ''Lignàn'') is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the north-westernmost part of the Metropolitan City of Milan, Province of Milan, about from central Milan. With 60,259, it is the thirteenth-most populous township in Lombardy. Le ...

. It was a part of Ghioldi Mechanical Workshops (''Officine Meccaniche Ghioldi''), which was founded by automotive pioneer Guglielmo Ghioldi in 1898 in

Canegrate Canegrate ( lmo, Canegraa ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan. The town gave its name to the Canegrate culture The Canegrate culture was a civiliza ...

; the company moved to Legnano in 1902. In 1906 it entered the automobile business and manufactured one car, the Legnano Type A 6/8 HP. The car had a two-cylinder 1135 cc engine. Two years later, in 1908, the company was placed in liquidation after filing for bankruptcy. In 1909 the company was taken over by Rosa & Ferrario and car production ended. The 6/8 model was the only model they ever produced. The Legnano is at display on

Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile The Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile (The National Automobile Museum), founded by Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia, is an automobile museum in Turin, northern Italy. The museum has a collection of almost 200 cars among eighty automobile brands representi ...

in Turin.

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*''This article is based on the equivalent article from the Italian Wikipedia, consulted 13 February 2017.'' {{reflist Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1906 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1908 Italian companies established in 1906 1909 disestablishments in Italy