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• Montescani
  ...ertible]]. Moreover, its production, mainly directed towards creation then great value, but not to forget the car sector economics and law. ...as a nice 4-seater [[cabriolet]] version of the [[Fiat 500 Topolino]]. The war then brought an end to the business.
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• Garavini
  ...a" in 1933. The company suffered substantial damage during the First World War, but managed to recover and set up and work with some luxury cars in Italy, ...e 1930's and launched the mechanical cabriolet 508 "[[Balilla]]" which got great success abroad. In 1947 [[Aldo Garavini]] took the reins after the death of
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• Lombardini
  ...ter the overwhelming difficulties of the Second World War and, during post-war reconstruction, Lombardini was ready to meet the increasing demands of the ...ed agricultural tractor; the Castoro model. The resulting success was so great that the production facilities on the Via Galliano, where the company had b
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• Fiat Balilla
  ...D'Oro. In the background is the famous Black Diamond Coppa D'Oro, raced in Great Britain by Westwood and Sandford at Brooklands, but now owned by Antonio Go
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• William Grover-Williams
  ...h; [[March 18]], [[1945]]), was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver and [[war hero]]. ...], in [[1919]] he worked as the chauffeur for the famous [[Ireland|Irish]] war artist [[William Orpen|Sir William Orpen]] ([[1878]]-[[1931]]).
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• Ugo Sivocci
  ...RL Targa Florio which was his major racing achievement, the whole race was great success to Alfa Romeo since also second (Ascari) and fourth place ([[Giulio
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• Cabi-Cattaneo
  ...plications. His design and manufacturing skills were demonstrated in World War One, with the extensive use of his unique designs in Italian Air Force airc After the War his engines were used in aircraft that were successful in international and
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• Whitney Willard Straight
  ...at epidemic]] while serving with the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]. Following his mother's remarriage to [[United Kingdom|British]] agrono ...ent. He competed in more Grands Prix than any American until after [[World War II]]. In 1933 driving a [[Maserati]] he won the [[Donington Trophy]] and th
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• Bandini
  ...ls in mechanical engineering while also competing in races in Italy. World War II put a hold on his racing exploits, yet once peace returned, Bandini did ...a tubular steel frame with a hand-hammered aluminum body. Many other post-war Italian sports car companies followed a similar design. But Bandini’s sha
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• Nazzaro
  ...succeeded to race in the [[Florio Goblet]]. In 1914 the car debut at the [[Great Prix]] (Club of France), but with insufficient results. ...the other Italian 'mechanical' factories, dedicated to the construction of war materials. In particular, trucks which were equipped with 10 cylinder [[Anz
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• Menarini
  ...killness and the untiring work of [[Ettore Menarini]] imprinted in it a so great activity so as to ensure a constant and increasing development. ...d further until the burst of the Second World War. At the beginning of the war the [[Italian]] factories built many more buses than cars.
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• Wilier
  ...l area remained part of an occupied free territory while triestine cycling great and 3-time Giro winner, Giordano Cottur, was battling against fellow cyclin === Post-War Periods ===
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• Economy car
  ===Pre-war=== ...Wagen" program ground to a halt because of [[World War II]], but after the war, [[Volkswagen]] would be founded to produce the car in the new democratic W
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• History of the Alfa Race Engine
  From the beginning, [[Alfa Romeo]] has been blessed with great designers. It is, after all, men who make the machines, and in the first ha ...ith a four [[cylinder]], 16 valve head with valve angle of 90 degrees. The war halted its development, but in 1922 Merosi again produced a DOHC engine, a
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• Orlandi
  ...ained a marginal production of ''Orlandi''. In the '30s, cars were made of great formal elegance, intended for widespread use and popularity and increased b ...eronautics and, later, heavily damaged by Allied bombing. The Second World War saw a marked upswing of the business, along with the need to provide means
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• Bremach
  ...shop for the growing manufacturing sector in post war [[Italy]]. There was great economic development founded on the switch from military to civilian manufa ...tors and with energy stored in Lithium batteries. Both prototypes received great attention at trade shows and generated print and television as well as web
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• Rudolf Caracciola
  ...ve for driving was there but he did not have the success he had before the War. A second serious accident ended his comeback attempt well before the new [ ...le prowess in races held in inclement weather, Carracciola foreshadows the great German racing champion of the current era, [[Michael Schumacher]].
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• Alfa Corse
  ===Before the great war===
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• Fongri motorcycle
  After the war, Fongri resumed the production and change the name. The Fontana script has ...n for one of its first races by the then the new to the circuit and future great rider [[Tazio Nuvolari]].
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• Della Ferrera
  ...s also the year of great success in competitions, however, the outbreak of war slowed the rise of the company. The regular production resumed in 1919 after the war, with a 636cc single cylinder, pedal-start, four-speed gearbox, clutch peda
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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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• Cisitalia
  Following the great success of pre-World War II [[Italian]] sports and racing cars like [[Ferrari]] and [Maserati], othe ...ds, specializing in tennis rackets, bicycles, and clothing and, during the war, military uniforms. He was also a property developer.
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• Roman Kingdom
  In Roman legend, when the [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] waged [[Trojan War|war]] against the city of [[Troy]], the Trojan hero [[Aeneas]] sailed across th ...him, both civil and criminal. This made the king supreme in times of both war and peace. A council advised the king during all trials, but this council h
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• ISO
  After the Second World War, the company reopened its doors, completely changing its activity in 1948 i ...a built by [[BMW]]. The BMW-Isetta fulfilled the dream of mobility in post-war Germany and about 130.000 were sold until 1962.
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• Moretti
  ...powered small trucks and a 5 or 7 seat [[electric car]]. In 1946, with the war over and thus demand for their commercial vehicles wavering, Moretti began * [http://www.ferrariexperts.com/moretti.htm More great pics from Etceterini.com]
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• Straight-6
  Engines of this type were popular before [[World War II]] in mid-range cars. Most manufacturers started building straight 6 eng After the war, larger cars required larger engines, and the straight-6 became the base en
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• Antonio Ascari
  ...May 26]], [[1955]]) was one of [[Formula One]]'s first stars and the first great [[Ferrari]] driver. His racing career was interrupted by [[World War II]], after which he began racing in Grand Prix with [[Maserati]]. His tea
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• Rapid
  ...Rapid-models were also available with air starters. After the end of World War I, they started an auto repair shop. In 1921 the car production was disband ...constant competition with each other with ever new initiatives, making the war and opposing each other company on society. Moreover, in their way, were th
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• Alfa Romeo 1750 Drophead
  ...d 'to develop a medium capacity light car with brilliant performance'. The great engineer chose the balance and pick-up characteristics of an [[in-line]] [[ {{Alfa Romeo Pre War Timeline}}
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• Cinema of Italy
  ...rices to pay to dictatorship, and perhaps only when approaching the [[WWII|war]], when (like in every fighting country) many works were produced for [[pro [[Italian neorealism|Neorealism]] exploded soon after the war, with unforgettable works such as Rossellini's trilogy and with extraordina
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• Luigi Fagioli
  ...n eventually won but Fagioli showed how skilled he was in a car geared for great speed on long stretches, not the tight twists and short runs of [[Monte Car ...the race. With his health somewhat improved, following the end of [[World War II]], 52-year-old Luigi Fagioli joined Alfa-Romeo's 1950 [[Formula 1]] team
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