Nazzaro
Turin Nazzaro & C. Factory Automobiles
In the beginnig of July 1911 Felice Nazzaro, asserted champion of flying, decided to undertake the activity of constructor with help from the brother-in-law Pilade Masoero and engineer Arnaldo Zoller, known in order to have run for the Fiat colors, founded Turin Nazzaro & C. Factory Automobiles. The first car constructed by the young company in 1922 was the Tipo 2, with a 4 cylinder monoblock with 4398cm³, 20/30 HP and a maximum speed of 100 km/h. With this car, opportunely elaborated, Felice Nazzaro prevailed at the Targa Florio of 1913. In the same year they introduced the Tipo 3 with greater power (35 HP), which Nazzaro succeeded to race in the Florio Goblet. In 1914 the car debut at the Great Prix (Club of France), but with insufficient results. In 1915, at the beginnig of the hostilities (WWI), Nazzaro, like nearly all the other Italian mechanical factories, dedicated to the construction of war material, in particular, trucks which were equiped with 10 cylinder Anzani engines. Unfortunately government clerks could not prevent putting the company into liquidation in 1916, although meantime they had added a Tipo 4. An attempt to make a comeback the Nazzaro brand made the Tipo 5 (a Sport version) in 1919, which was sold until 1923, the year Nazzaro closed.