SAFA Siqueira

SAFA Siqueira S.A. is an Jungastian premium car manufacturer noted not only for its sporting designs, but its prestigious motor-racing pedigree.

History
The company was born from a chance meeting between two pioneers in the Jungastian automotive industry. Mateus Siqueira had been since 1909 a pioneer in early motorcading, making his legendary Tipo 01 Race car in 1910, going on to win multiple Grand Prix. Romeu Azevedo was at the time a relative newcomer to the automobile industry, having built his first car in 1916 targeted to the middle class motorist, his 35/70 became one of the first volume selling vehicles in the country. The two men met at the 1920 Grande Prémio de Santa Helena where Siqueira was hoping for his third consecutive victory of the 1920 season. Seeing a future together and sharing a passion for creating art on wheels, as well as reliability the two men began negotiations to combine their companies. The resulting enterprise; Sociedade Azevedo - Fábrica de Automóveis Siqueira, launched its first model in 1922, the 40/72 combining the racing inspiration with Acevedo's skill in designing a practical vehicle for the modern motorist.

The two men partnered well for almost a decade before they began to drift apart, disagreeing on so many things that the development of the 1930 Tipo 85 took seven years. Siqueira, already a wealthy industrialist used his not inconsiderable wealth to purchase a large portion of his partners shareholding. In doing so he formally changed the name of the company to its colloquial name of SAFA Siqueira S.A.