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The Abadal was a Spanish car manufactured between 1912 and 1923.
Francisco Abadal (nicknamed Paco) was a Hispano-Suiza salesman and racing driver in Barcelona when, in 1912, he began building fast luxury cars. They were closely patterned on the Hispano, and were offered in two models; one had a 3104cc four-cylinder engine, while the other had a 4521cc six-cylinder engine. Soon the Belgian company Impéria began building Abadals under license as Impéria-Abadals. In 1916 Abadal acquired the Buick agency, and Barcelona-built Abadals after that year had Buick power units, and featured custom coachwork. These cars were called Abadal-Buicks. M. A. Van Roggen (formerly of Springuel) took over the Belgian operation soon after, and built around 170 more Impéria-Abadals. Among the models produced were a 2992cc 16-valve four-cylinder ohc sports model and three prototype 5630cc straight-eights. The company ceased automobile production in 1923. F. Abadal became an agent of General Motors in Spain.
The plans in 1930 related to a prototype named Abadal Continental never materialized.
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