Horacio Anasagasti was a student of Argentine engineer
Otto Krause. Shortly after creating his own workshop, he founded the Anasagasti company in 1909, where he repaired automobile, aviation and agricultural engines. In 1910, he presented his first prototype at the Exposición Internacional de Ferrocarriles y Transportes Terrestres (International Exhibition of Railways and Land Transportation) an Inline-4 engine and a 4-speed gearbox and recoil, which won the Grand Prize Diploma of the exhibition. After a trip to Europe to find suppliers in 1911, he finally created his first vehicle, a 15
horsepower (11 kW)
Ballot-engined car, with a French engine and Argentine body, being presented on September 17 in the Rosario-Córdoba-Rosario race. It began selling in 1912 for $ 6500. The first versions were equipped with the French engine of 2125 cm3 and were offered with double phaeton bodies and a single door on the left side. With the outbreak of
World War I it was very difficult to get supplies and the company closed in 1915. After the closure of Anasagasti & Cia, there were approximately 50 units, most of which continued to work as taxis in Buenos Aires. == Survivors ==