Societa Valdostana Automobili

The Societa Valdostana Automobili (SVA), was an Italian automobile manufacturer, active in Pont Saint Martin from 1948 to 1951.

Founded by John and Virgil Conrero Savonuzzi, both from Fiat's aviation competitions department, the SVA was founded in order to develop the cars made by Cisitalia.

Despite having achieved numerous victories in minor races and the confidence of drivers as important as Giovanni Bracco, the SVA ran into severe difficulties following the placement into receivership of Cisitalia and tried again, resulting in the creation of open-wheel single-seaters.

A first experiment was done with a Formula 3 car with a 500 cc (31 cu in) Moto Guzzi engine, and later a Formula One car was built, with a 1,500 cc (92 cu in) supercharged Fiat-derived engine, fueled by a mixture of petrol and alcohol.

The SVA 1500, entrusted to driver Rudi Fischer, took to the track in both the Grand Prix of San Remo and the Swiss Grand Prix in 1950, proving to be powerful and fast, but also very fragile.

At the end of 1951, the SVA was closed.

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