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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
  3 KB (486 words) - 15:34, 12 October 2009
• 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
  2 KB (313 words) - 12:35, 3 January 2011
• 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
  1 KB (160 words) - 12:38, 21 November 2009
• 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
  1 KB (199 words) - 01:09, 7 December 2010
• 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
  4 KB (623 words) - 22:41, 11 June 2013
• 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
  5 KB (693 words) - 09:00, 8 October 2009
• 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
  4 KB (666 words) - 01:48, 27 June 2012
• 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
  2 KB (274 words) - 16:41, 31 March 2010
• 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.
  7 KB (1,046 words) - 09:50, 14 September 2010
• 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 ===
  9 KB (1,341 words) - 09:57, 12 August 2012
• 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
  5 KB (812 words) - 21:42, 26 September 2009
• 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
  5 KB (728 words) - 13:34, 5 July 2010
• 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
  4 KB (600 words) - 20:34, 11 December 2016
• 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
  3 KB (522 words) - 08:05, 25 October 2011
• 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]].
  4 KB (513 words) - 18:04, 26 September 2009
• Alfa Corse
  ===Before the great war===
  8 KB (1,222 words) - 08:19, 23 October 2009
• 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]].
  3 KB (407 words) - 19:52, 20 December 2010
• 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
  5 KB (707 words) - 10:53, 18 December 2016

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