This page lists brands for which limited information is available. For a more complete listing visit the Italian Index.
See also Obscure Italian Marques.
Saglietti
Manufactured 1923 - 1924
Giovanni Saglietti, Turin. An established bicycle producer who sponsored a racing team of some 10 cyclists in the mid-1920s.
A surviving example is fitted with a VIS engine by Gazzi, and a photograph exists of Giovanni and his wife with motorised bicycles from around 1950, indicating that the firm may also have produced these.
Source: amicidellemotobicisottocanna.blogspot.com
SAM Cyclecars 1923-1928
SAMCA
The Atomo 250 was manufactured by S.A.M.C.A. (Societa Applicazioni Meccaniche Costruzioni Automobilistische) of Parma.
Presented at the 1947 Milan Salon, the aluminium bodied three-wheeler seated two and was powered by a water-cooled 246cc two-stroke twin with a 3-speed gearbox. The canvas roof could be folded back, fuel consumption was given as 3.3 litres per 100 km, and top speed was in the vicinity of 65-75 km/h. Sales were very slow, production ceased in 1949 and the firm disolved in 1951.
Source: Autopasion18.com
S.A.M.E.M.
Manufactured by Società Anonima Motocarri Elettrici Moretti, 1932-1955
Founder: Giovanni Moretti
Address: Torino. Bologna, Via G. Marconi 20 Bologna (offices from 1944)
Source: Museo del Patrimonio Industriale, Bologna
S.A.M.P. 1952-54
San Cristoforo 1949-1953
Sangiorgi
Manufactured by Giuseppe Sangiorgi
Address: Strada Mazzini 47, and from 1957, Via A. Albertazzi 24
(office) and San Lazzaro di Savena, Via Emilia Levante
201/11 (office), Bologna.
Sangiorgi was in business from 1919 to 1959, and built motorcycles from the postwar period to
about 1953.
Source: Museo del Patrimonio Industriale, Bologna
Saturnia
Manufactured by Alfredo Bondi and Ernesto E. Masina in Bologna, 1927-1928
Later Alfredo built the Bondi motorcycle.
Source: Museo del Patrimonio Industriale, Bologna
Serafini
Manufactured by August
Serafini in 1950.
A native of Bologna, Serafini built a SOHC Special 250 in Florence. He was well-known for his model aircraft engines.
Source: Museo del Patrimonio Industriale, Bologna
Siamoto 1996~2005
Sidecaritalia
Via Dei Mille, 6
Cava Manara, Pavia
Builds custom sidecars of considerable quality. Their website displays fine examples of Moto Guzzi, BMW and others.
Source: sidecaritalia.com
SIDUS Motocarri
Manufactured by Società Pozzi & Monti, Milano, 1936-1937
On 19 November 1948 Luigi and Ettore Boselli then set up SIDUS Motocarri S.r.l. at Via Legnano 10, Milano.
Four SIDUS machines were displayed at the 1936 Milan Fair.
Sources: autopuzzles.com; Mondial di Drusiani by Nunzia Manicardi
Sillaro
Built by Giovanni Casadio of Castel San Pietro, Bologna
Casadio was the owner of a business which sold and repaired bicycles and motorcycles in the 1950s- 1960s.
Source: Museo del Patrimonio Industriale, Bologna
Silvani
Moped manufactured in Bologna in the 1950s, as evidenced by a photograph. Currently no further information is available.
Source: Museo del Patrimonio Industriale, Bologna
S.I.M.A.M. 1956-1958
Snark
The Snark Moped company of Carteret, New Jersey marketed a series of mopeds built by Italvelo & Italtelai. Powered by Minarelli and Franco Morini engines, models included Snark Satellite (1978), Bianchi Satellite and Bianchi Snark, and there were also Benelli mopeds.
The Satellite models, built by Italtelai, were also sold by Arciero and Pacer under their own brands.
Source: myronsmopeds.com
Soriano 2021
"The bike was developed by a small Italian engineering center in Galbiate (Lecco) at the time also in charge of its future production. To reveal the technical details is the person in charge of this project, the’engineer Cesare Brioschi which is the first to admit the many difficulties in facing such an important challenge and the problems associated with electric propulsion."
Source: motoreetto.it
Spaviero
1954-1955
The small company built motorcycles fitted with OHV 98cc parallel twin engines.
Source: Tragatsch p276
Stella 1927-1929
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