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• Romanazzi
  From that moment, and until the outbreak of the Second World War, production was specialized in the field of motor vehicles for the new cent At the end of World War II, with a renewed impetus, we proceeded to the reconstruction of Bari, whi
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• Giuseppe Campari
  ...ga Florio]]. Unfortunately, his career was just getting going when [[World War I]] broke out and European racing came to a halt. Following the Armistice that ended the war, racing resumed and in 1920 [[Campari]] earned his first major race win and
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• Nagase & Ray
  The company "Nagase & Ray" was born at the end of World War I on the initiative of Alexander Nagase and Tullio Ray, in order to import But the clouds of "[[Great Depression]]" are appearing on the horizon. In November [[1929]], after the
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• Giannini
  After World War II, the Giannini siblings begin the production of only motors. In 1947, pro ...o the lawyer [[Volfango Polverelli]]. Initially with no interest, but as a great fan of automobiles and motors, he became more attracted to the proposed mis
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• Ferrero (chocolate)
  ...e: The origins of Gianduja chocolate probably dates back to the Napoleonic war period, when cocoa beans were scarce and ground hazelnuts were substituted.
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• Nino Farina
  ...rina, he was just reaching his peak as a driver at the outbreak of [[World War II]], and it would be another eight years before he would win a major race. Entering post-war Grands Prix in a privately-owned Maserati, Farina took a win at the 1948 [[
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 308
  One of the cars was sold to USA after World War II and Louis Durant drove it to 6th place in 1946 Indianapolis 500, next ye ...a Romeo Tipo 312/316|312]] and [[Alfa Romeo Tipo 312/316|316]]) were not a great success. Instead, the new car for the 1500 cc class, the [[Alfa Romeo 158/1
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• Touring
  ...he framewoek. Aside from light weight, the [[Superleggera]] technique gave great flexibility, allowing Touring to quickly construct innovative body shapes. ...fter the war, but he and [[Federico Formenti]] were involved in a few post-war master works — the [[Ferrari 166]] [[coupe]] and [[spyder|spider]].
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• Ferdinand Porsche
  ...d, the crown prince of Austria whose assassination sparked off the I World War. Austro-Daimler's main business was war material: trucks, motorized cannons, and motors for aircrafts. Porsche beca
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• Barbi
  ...appointed to prepare skilled and competent workers. When the Second World War broke out, the [[Carrozzeria]] Barbi had to break off its production to mak At the end of the war, with the factory almost destroyed and without work, the Carrozzeria Barbi
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• La Linea (TV series)
  ...paid homage to ''La Linea''. The video is an animated commentary on the [[War on Terrorism]] and features 3D representations of the familiar ''La Linea''
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• Chiribiri
  ...hool’ at the factory, training pilots who subsequently flew in [[the Great War]]. ...ger chassis and 1300 cc, 12 hp (9 kW) engine, and continued throughout the war.
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• Philippe de Rothschild
  ...Sophie Henriette von Weissweiller (1872-1926). At the outbreak of [[World War I]], 12-year-old Philippe was sent to the safety of the family's vineyard i ...noist]] when they served together in the ''Armée de l'Air'' during [[World War I]] and through this connection, for a short time young Philippe took up [[
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• Padua
  ...c]] kings [[Odoacer]] and [[Theodoric the Great]], but during the [[Gothic War]] it made submission to the [[Byzantine Empire|Greek]]s in [[540]]. The cit ...mportant or very active. The general tendency of its policy throughout the war of investitures was Imperial and not Roman; and its bishops were, for the m
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• Gilera
  After the first world war, Gilera centimeter [[cc]] piston displacement produces motion from 500 and ...ra, like for all the constructors of motion of the age, [[the second world war]] interrupts every activity.
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• Allemano
  ...dark economic period in which was about to enter the world because of the great depression of 1929. ...e field of bodywork. But few years later, the outbreak of the Second World War forced him to suspend their activities, checomunque shots at the end of the
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  ...n to various rules. (A "formula" of rules had appeared just before [[World War I]], finally based on engine size as well as weight, but it was not univers ...to nine events in 1929, to eighteen in 1934 (the peak year before [[World War II]]).
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• Brands Hatch
  ...] negotiates Pilgrim's Drop during the [[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain]]]]The circuit's principal strength is the variety of challenges on ...litary vehicle park and being subject to many bombing raids during [[World War II]], it needed some work for it to become a professional racing circuit.
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• MM
  ...ycle|motorcycles]] with rigid frame and a hand gear change, but with their great quality and reliability, they become the "official motorcycle" of the [[Tra [[World War II]] heavily affected M.M., which prompted them to take advantage of milita
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• Marina Militare
  === After World War II === ...y sunken ships. However a large number of its naval units had survived the war, albeit in a low efficiency state, which was due to the conflict and the ol
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