| Aquila Italiana | |
| Foundation: | 1906 |
| Defunct: | 1917 |
| Fate: | ceased production, taken over by the SPA |
| Location: | Turin, Italy |
| Industry: | Automotive |
| Products: | Automobiles |
Aquila Italiana (founded as the Italian: Società Anonima Aquila and quickly renamed the Italian: Società Anonima Italiana Aquila) was an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1906 to 1917. The company was renamed again in 1909 to Italian: Aquila Anonima Italiana di L. Marsaglia after it was bought by a bank – the Marsaglia part came from the name of the bank owner's son (Vincenzo Marsaglia, a talented automobile driver).
Designed by, the cars were big four- and six-cylinder models with ioe engines of an advanced type. There was an interruption in construction after 1908, but the company introduced new models in 1911; these featured 4192 cc six-cylinder engines and proved to be successful in many races. Among Aquila Italiana drivers were Meo Constantini (later to join Bugatti at Molsheim, where he became first a racing driver and later the Chef d'Equipe) and Carlo Masetti (Count Giulio Masetti's elder brother).
The company Aquila Italiana produced approximately 1,500 cars (across all models).
| +Technical specifications Cars produced by "Aquila Anonima Italiana di L. Marsaglia" | |||||||||||||
| Type | 15/20 HP | 40/50 HP | 25/30 HP | K-12/15 HP | H4-20/30 HP | H6-35/50 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Displacement | 2797cc | 7432cc | 3921cc | 1847cc | 2614cc | 3921cc | |||||||
| Cylinders | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| Bore mm | 90 | 130 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 80 | |||||||
| Stroke mm | 110 | 140 | 130 | 120 | 130 | 130 | |||||||
| rpm | 1500 | 1200 | 3600 | 2000 | 1800 | 1800 | |||||||
| Valves | Side | Side | Mixed | At the top | At the top | At the top | |||||||
| Ignition | magneto | magneto | magneto | magneto | magneto | ||||||||
| Gears | 4+ RM | 4+ RM | 4+ RM | 4+ RM | 4+ RM | 4 + RM | |||||||
| Transmission | cardan | cardan | cardan | cardan | cardan | cardan | |||||||
| Wheelbase | 25001NaN1 | 29001NaN1 | 30551NaN1 | 26001NaN1 | 28501NaN1 | 30501NaN1 | |||||||
| Track | 12501NaN1 | 14001NaN1 | 14451NaN1 | 13001NaN1 | 14401NaN1 | 14401NaN1 | |||||||
| Production | 1909-11 | 1909-11 | 1909-12 | 1913-17 | 1912-17 | 1913-17 |