 In 1945, with Italy devastated by the II World War, Ricart returned to Barcelona, and shortly he managed to be hired by the American Studebaker corporation, but just before leaving for the USA, he was proposed to lead the creation of a new Spanish automotive group, Enasa, to be built over the remainings of the Spanish arm of Hispano-Suiza.He accepted, and for several years he struggled to get a modern, technically advanced, car and truck maker from a country, materially and morally devastated from the Civil War.In the early fifties, the results of Ricart's efforts were visible