Michele Ansaldi was an Italian automobile engineer, designer, and industrialist.
In 1904 he founded the Ansaldi automobile company in Milan which manufactured a small car with a Fiat 10/12 HP engine.
It featured the world's first 'pre-formed' chassis, plus a drive shaft and differential unit with bevelled gears and universal joints.
[1] On 12 June 1906 Matteo Ceirano and Michele Ansaldi founded the S.P.A. (Società Piemontese Automobili) in Turin.
It had significant success manufacturing a range of automobiles, military vehicles and aero-engines.