The Abadal was a Spanish
car manufactured between 1912 and 1923, named after Francisco Abadal. Considered a fast luxury car, it was closely patterned on the
Hispano-Suiza and offered in two models. One had a 3104 cc four-
cylinder
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engine
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while the other had a 4521 cc six-cylinder engine.
Soon after the inception of the Abadal line, the
Belgian
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company
Impéria began building Abadals under license as Impéria-Abadals. In 1916 Abadal acquired the
Buick agency, and Barcelona-built Abadals after that year had Buick power units and featured custom coachwork. These cars were called "Abadal-Buicks". M. A. Van Roggen (formerly of
Springuel) took over the Belgian operation soon after, and built around 170 more Impéria-Abadals. Among the models produced were a 2992cc 16-valve four-cylinder
OHC sports model and three prototype 5630 cc
straight-eights. The company ceased automobile production in 1923.
Francisco Abadal (nicknamed ''Paco'') was a
Hispano-Suiza salesman and racing driver in
Barcelona
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. He began this enterprise in 1912, and upon its cessation became an agent of
General Motors in Spain. General Motors' plans in 1930 related to a prototype named the ''Abadal Continental'' never materialised.
File:A1143638.JPG, Abadal 25 HP 1914
File:Abadal-Buick 1923.jpg, Abadal-Buick 1923
Gallery
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File:Abadal-Buick 1923.jpg, Abadal-Buick 1923.jpg
Abadal Y-12 aero-engine
Abadal also produced the Abadal Y-12 aero-engine, a multiple bank in-line engine with twelve cylinders in three banks of four arranged in a Y.
References
{{Commons category, Abadal vehicles
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Spain
Vintage vehicles
Companies based in Barcelona