Eduardo Barreiros: the ‘Spanish Henry Ford’ who patented the diesel brand, put Franco in his pocket and ended up in Fidel’s Cuba

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2023-08-16 00:22:04

Too big to fail (i)

He created an empire out of nothing: he manufactured the popular Simca 1000, where it was so difficult to make love, or the Dodge in which ETA assassinated Carrero Blanco. Today few remember him

BY MARCOS IRIARTE

Madrid

Updated Wednesday, August 16, 2023 – 00:22

The phone at the workshop in the Madrid neighborhood of Villaverde was ringing agitated that morning in 1954. On the other end of the line, a grumpy customer demanded to speak to the owner, Mr. Eduardo Barreiros.

– Mr. Barreiros is not here now.

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