- Vabis
Infobox_Company
company_name = Vagnfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertälje
company_
company_type = Merged withScania AB
company_slogan =
foundation = 1891-1911
location =Södertälje ,Sweden
key_people =
num_employees = N/A
industry =Manufacturing
products =Truck s &Railroad car s| revenue = N/A| homepage =Vabis was a Swedish car and truck manufacturer, founded in 1891 as Vagnfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertälje in municipality of
Södertälje to produce railway cars.The first Vabis automobile (though the name was not applied until after this) [Georgano, G.N. "Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930". (London: Grange-Universal, 1990), p.24 caption.] was a four-seater designed by
Gustaf Erikson inSurahammar [Georgano, p.24 caption.] in 1897. Strongly resembling a contemporary carriage, [Georgano, p.24 diagram.] it used a one-cylinderkerosene engine, tiller steering, [Georgano, p.24 diagram.] and was not a success. Erikson replaced it tube-ignitionfour-stroke flat twin in 1898, mounting it in a horse carriage, which he drove briefly . [Georgano, p.24 caption.] He then joinedVagenfabrik AB at Södertälje, building cars. The first truck appeared in 1902.Vabis merged with "Maskinfabriks AB Scania" in 1911, to create AB
Scania-Vabis .Many examples of Vabis, Scania and Scania-Vabis commercial and military vehicles can be seen at the
Marcus Wallenberg-hallen (the Scania Museum) in Södertälje.Notes
External links
* [http://www.algonet.se/~arneg/motormuseum/scania/index.htm Scania & Scania-Vabis Museum at Södertälje]
ee also
*
Scania-Vabis
*Saab-Scania
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