Anglada was a Spanish

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manufactured in Puerto de Santa María in

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, Andalucia from 1902 to 1905. The company named '' Anglada. Fábrica de bicicletas y automóviles'' was founded by ''Francisco Anglada y Gallardo''. Anglada made expensive cars by individual order. The cars were either one- or

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models ranging from 6 to 36 cv. Anglada is notable today, if at all, for producing the first Spanish car purchased by Alfonso XIII; the King bought a four from the company in 1904. Although the Spanish aristocrats bought some cars, due to financial problems, Francisco Anglada soon gave up production. He opened an automobile repair shop in

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. Francisco Anglada died in 1917.

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20040824015538/http://www.escuderia.com/WEBART8.htm (in Spanish) Veteran vehicles Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Spain {{Veteran-auto-stub