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Notes on some of the rarer Spanish marques
This page lists brands for which we currently have only an historical precis. For a more complete listing visit the Spanish Index.
Capdevila
Manufactured by Josep Capdevila Bullich, 311 Rosellón Street, Barcelona.
Cucciolo-powered bicycles were produced in the late 1940s.
During the 1950s, at a new address, he built complete mopeds with pressed metal front suspension, and later with with Earles-style forks (in collaboration with A. Dunjó ) He also manufactured tricycles equipped with Spanish-built Mosquito engines from Seville, along with mobility tricycles.
Production ended in 1960.
Source: OTTW, et al.
Carbonell
Manufactured in Barcelona between 1924 and 1927 by Antoni Carbonell, a bicycle firm, these were fitted with 175cc Villiers engines. Production was limited.
Source: ca.wikipedia.org
Cedrón
These motorcycles were created by J. Cedrón in his workshop at Calle Montesa in Madrid using restored war surplus machines in 1951.
Source: OTTW
Cil
Luis Iriondo of Eibar, Guipúzcoa, built motorised bicycles named Cil and Super Cil using Terrot engines from 1948 to ca 1950.
Source: OTTW
Centauro
Built by Carlos Sotelo Fernández of Palma in the Balearic Islands, this was a one-off based on a Lambretta LI 150. Fitted with two seats with upright backrests, it resembles some of the maxi-scooters built many decades later.
The machine survives in the Bassella Museo Moto of Barcelona.
Several other firms use the Centaur brand.
Sources: OTTW, et al.
Cimera 1948~1955
Colibri 1948-1953
Colibri Timeless Scooters 2016-2022
Cometa
Manuel Baró suggests that this is was an autocycle of which some 50 were built, according to registration records from 1956.
Source: OTTW
Confort Sidecars
An example is displayed of a 1960 Confort mounted to a 1961 Spanish Vespa 150 at the Sala Santy Collection
MotoVespa 1961 150cc Confort Sidecar
CP
This velomotor of the 1950s was built in Valencia using a two-stroke engine with friction drive to the rear wheel.
Source: OTTW.
Cremsa 1950s-1960s
CSR
Calvo Soleto Racing of Barcelona was founded in 2004 by Carlos Sotelo, a Paris-Dakar competitor in the 90s with a number of good placings.
The machines originated in China, and the range included 125cc four-stroke scooters along with road and off-road motorcycles of 90, 125, 150 200 and 250cc, along with a variety of quads from 50cc to 500cc.
In 2006 he marketed a Paris-Dakar enduro machine under the name CSV
In 2012 an electric scooter was announced, to be marketed by a new company named Silence
CSR has a motorcycle design team, production facilities and warehouse operations in Barcelona.
Sources: OTTW, scootersales.com.au, et al.
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