Nacional Pescara was a government backed attempt to create a Spanish motor industry. The project was the idea of

Raúl Pateras Pescara Raúl Pateras Pescara de Castelluccio (1890 – 1966), marquis of Pateras-Pescara, was an engineer, lawyer and inventor from Argentina who specialized in automobiles, helicopters and free-piston engines. Pescara is credited for being one o ...

, and the first car was designed by his brother Enrique and Italian engineer Edmond Moglia. Brazendale, K. The Encyclopedia of Classic Cars. Blitz Editions. () The company was set up in 1929 in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

with an investment of 70 million pesetas, cars went on sale in 1930. The car produced was called the Eight and was a twin cam inline eight-cylinder engine with a 3L capacity and driving the rear wheels. The car could be had with a selection of body styles. There were plans for a straight 10 3.9 litre version but this never materialised. In 1931 the "Sport" variation of the Nacional Pescara tuned for racing won the European Hill Climb Championship.1931 Hill Climb Championships
- Hill Climb Winners 1897-1949 The company ceased to exist just before the 1936 Spanish revolution, with the last car being built in 1932.

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