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Industrial engineer, noted for being the creator of the Pegaso automobiles
Wifredo Ricart was a Spanish engineer who developed his career in the automotive industry in Spain and Italy. Since he was very young he worked as an engineer in the company Automotive Vallet and Fiol, where they made water pumps for engines and distributed cars of the Hispano-Suiza company. Later he was chief engineer for special projects of the company Alfa Romeo. At this time, he designed and developed many engines, from aviation to racing cars. During these years he built the Alfa Romeo Type 512. In 1945 he returned to Spain and formed the Center of Studies Automotive Technicians (CETA). Shortly after he founded ENASA a manufacturing company dedicated to industrial vehicles whose trademark was Pegaso. In 1951, he presented the Pegaso Z-102 at the Paris Motor Show, earning an honorable mention. In his last years, Wifredo Ricart worked as an independent consultant of free activities, always trying to improve his creations and adapting to the changes of different periods.
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variant spelling:
Ricart Medina, Wifredo; Wifredo Pelayo Francisco de Borja, Ricart Medina; Wifredo, Ricart; Vifredo Pelayo, Ricart
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Curriculum vitae
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* 15.04.1897
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Barcelona, Spain
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born
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1918 - 1920
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Barcelona, Spain
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He worked as Automotive Engineer in the Vallet and Fiol Company.
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* 1920
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Barcelona, Spain
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He founded the Ricart and Perez car company, together with Paco Perez de Olager.
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1922
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Barcelona, Spain
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He designed a car with 4-cylinder, 16-valve 1.5 liter engine. It was very advanced for its time.
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1926
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Barcelona, Spain
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When Paco Pérez de Olager left the company, he founded his own company, S.A. Motores y Automóviles Ricart.
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1936 - 1945
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Italy
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He was Chief Engineer for special projects of the Alfa Romeo Company.
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1945
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Madrid, Spain
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Togheter with José Antonio Suanzes, he formed the Automotive Technical Studies Centre (CETA).
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1946
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Barcelona, Spain
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He founded ENASA company (Empresa Nacional de Autocamiones, SA), a company dedicated to the manufacture of industrial vehicles. The trademark of ENASA was Pegaso.
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1951
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Presentation of the Pegaso Z-102 in the Motor Show of Paris, with which he won the honorable mention.
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1957 - 1959
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He was President of the International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies (FISITA).
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1959
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He finished his career working as Freelance Consultant
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† 19.08.1974
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Barcelona,Spain
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died
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