Sava (Spain)

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Sociedad Anónima de Vehículos Automoviles (S.A.V.A.) was a Spanish producer of light and medium commercial vehicles, based in Valladolid.

They started in 1957 with a 3-wheeled vehicle, but soon switched to make a Barreiros engined light truck. Later on, they built heavier models based on the British-designed Austin, Morris and BMC commercial series, marketed as Sava, Sava-Austin, or Sava-BMC, including the well-known BMC 'FG' range.

For a short while Sava also assembled the heavy French Berliet GPS-12, sold as Sava-Berliet.

In early 60s Sava went to cabs of their own design, and from then on only the Sava badge was used.

In 1968 Enasa, the maker of Pegaso trucks, took over S.A.V.A., but the Sava brand subsisted until a year later, when all the range was rebadged as Pegaso.