Augusto Cicaré

Augusto Ulderico Cicaré (25 May 1937 – 26 January 2022) was an Argentine inventor, engineer, and aviation designer.

[1] At the age of 11, still in 5th grade, he built his first four stroke engine that he used to drive a washing machine.

In this same period he converted the engine of a car to use propane gas instead of petrol.

[3] A version of the engine for use in motorsports competition was also developed, but the closure of DKW resulted in the termination of the project.

[3] In 1970, Cicaré was declared to be one of the ten most outstanding young men of Argentina, and in 1996 he was named as a Friend of the Argentine Air Force.