page_title: S.P.A. (automobile)
section_title: Aero engines
hierarchical_section_title: S.P.A. (automobile) / Aero engines
caption_attribution_description: English: A SPA 6A 6-cylinder inline engine from WWI on display at the Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics. Italiano: Un motore da 6 cilindri in linea della prima guerra mondiale SPA 6A conservato presso il Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni.
context_page_description: S.P.A., was an Italian automobile, military vehicle and aero-engine manufacturer founded in Turin by Matteo Ceirano and Michele Ansaldi. It was active between 1906 and 1926. In 1908, it merged with Fabbrica Ligure Automobili Genova and the new company, Società Ligure Piemontese Automobili, was headquartered in Genoa while manufacturing in Turin.
  In 1923 it moved to Turin and in 1925 was taken over by Fiat, whereby car manufacture ceased but commercial and military vehicle production continued. Although car production resumed after World War II, by 1947 the company was fully absorbed into Fiat.
context_section_description: During World War I the company also produced aero engines. The S.P.A. 6A was a water-cooled inline six-cylinder engine that produced 220 horsepower (164 kW).
  The SPA 6A was used to power: 
  Ansaldo A.1 Balilla - Italy's only domestically-produced fighter aircraft;
  Ansaldo SVA -  reconnaissance biplane;
  Breda A.2 - a 1921 Italian sport and touring aircraft ;
  Breda A.3;
  Breda A.9 and A.9bis - a 1928 Italian biplane trainer for the Regia Aeronautica;
  CANT 7 - a 1920 Italian Flying boat;
  Marchetti MVT/SIAI S.50 - a 1919-1920s Italian fighter aircraft.
caption: SPA 6A inline engine
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