Casa costruttrice / Stabilimento produttivo
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The Fiorano track, an exclusive try-out circuit for the “reds”
In 1972 Enzo Ferrari decided to build a track to test the vehicles produced by the Maranello-based company: as grounds he chose the nearby Fiorano.
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Fiorano hands the keys to the city to Schumacher, Barrichello, Todt and Montezemolo.
Schumacher e Barrichello ricevono le chiavi di Fiorano assieme a Luca Cordero di Montezemolo e Jean Todt.
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Fiorano racetrack is built to test Ferrari cars.
Enzo Ferrari decide di costruire una pista per i test delle “Rosse”: la scelta ricade su Fiorano Modenese.
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Moto Guzzi wins the Tourist Trophy: an important triumph in its agonistic history.
Da sempre attiva nelle corse, Moto Guzzi coglie la sua prima importante affermazione internazionale.
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The Sevel plant. Home of the Fiat Ducato
Since 1981, Sevel has produced several of its light commercial vehicles in the Sangro Valley, between Paglieta and Atessa: one above all, the timeless Fiat Ducato.
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The story of Ferruccio Lamborghini
Born under the sign of Taurus, Ferruccio Lamborghini started his career in the field of tractors before moving to sports cars that would carry his name.
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Enzo Ferrari gets Maranello into gear
In 1943 Enzo Ferrari moved his firm, Auto Avio Costruzioni, from Modena to Maranello: it was the beginning of a strong bond between the city and the legendary “reds”.
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The Lamborghini Tractors
Having had success in 1951 with his Carioca tractor made out of war remnants, Ferruccio Lamborghini founded Trattori Lamborghini (Lamborghini Tractors).
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Aprilia, Ivano Beggio and his first motorcycles
In 1968, Ivano Beggio took over the reins at Aprilia - the bicycle factory founded in 1945 by his Father, Alberto - and converted its production into motorcycles.
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The joint venture between Alfa Romeo and Nissan
In 1980, Alfa Romeo and Nissan signed a joint venture leading to the construction of the Pratola Serra factory, where the Arna and Alfa Romeo 33 models would be produced.
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The birth of Agusta
In 1907, in Cascina Costa in Samarate, Count Giovanni Agusta founded the Agusta company for the production of aircrafts.
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Enzo Ferrari, citizen of Fiorano
In 1982 the municipality of Fiorano Modenese bestowed honourary citizenship upon Enzo Ferrari.
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The first gathering of classic cars at Fiorano.
Da allora Fiorano ospita il raduno con tour all'interno del territorio che include la famosa pista Ferrari.
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The history of the Guzzi establishment
Mandello del Lario and Moto Guzzi: a bond born (almost) perchance in 1921, strengthened during the years spent at the business and in the countryside.
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Giuseppe Guzzi invents the elastic frame and tests it by driving up to Cape North.
Un’innovazione che il fratello di Carlo Guzzi, Giuseppe, inventa e testa con un viaggio fino a Capo Nord.
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Trigano campers arrive in the Sangro Valley
Since 2004, Trigano has been present between Paglieta and Atessa, with a recently renovated camping and trailer production facility.
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The story of Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari led an intense life, and spent it travelling from Modena to Maranello, Turin and Milan with a single goal in his mind: building racing cars.
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The birth of the Lamborghini factory, the House of the Bull
The Lamborghini carmaker opened in 1963: the symbol chosen was a bull, and the first cars were an instant hit, thanks to highly trained employees.
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125 S, the first Ferrari with Unbridled Horse
On the 12th March 1947 the first Ferrari came out of the gates of the Maranello factory with its Prancing Horse logo: it was the 125 S, destined to start bringing in the first victories.
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Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali in Pontedera
During 1920, Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali moved its production headquarters to Pontedera: this is about the famous production company with which Enzo Ferrari has made his debut as racing driver.
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The first Aprilia racing bike arrives
In 1975, the first Aprilia racing bike was created: the production house finally reached national competitions and, within two years, it began to bring home good results and its first victories.
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The Fiat FMA plant
In the 1990s, the Pratola Serra factory became the seat of the FMA plant, designed to build engines for all Fiat models.
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Agusta, from aircrafts to motorcycles
When Giovanni Agusta died in 1927, his wife and son decide to convert production to motorcycles, but the Second World War marked a new setback.
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To overcome the economic, crisis Moto Guzzi begins to produce military motorcycles and three-wheeled vans for the army.
Nascono mezzi armati come l'emblematico Alce e il Trialce, un motocarro smontabile e paracadutabile.
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The Sevel plant is established between Paglieta and Atessa.
La Società Europea Veicoli Leggeri apre in Val di Sangro il più grande stabilimento di categoria in Europa.
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The Trigano plant opens between Paglieta and Atessa.
La multinazionale francese sceglie l’area industriale tra Paglieta e Atessa per produrre camper e roulotte.
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Stanguellini, small vehicles for a great carmaker
The story of Stanguellini Automobili, the first carmaker in Modena: a pursuit of extreme lightness and maximum aerodynamics.
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Piaggio moves to Pontedera
In 1924 Piaggio, a company based in Sestri Ponente that has been active since 1884, moved part of its production plant to Pontedera: it’s the start of a story that still continues today.
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Aprilia debuts in international racing
In April 1985, Aprilia Racing debuted on an international level. In just a few years, the first victories arrived, thanks to Loris Reggiani, the first of a long series of talented Aprilia riders.
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The MV Agusta
In 1945, the MV Agusta motorcycle was assembled, relaunching the fate of the company based in Cascina Costa, It affirmed itself on the market, quickly winning many races.
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The story of Dallara Automobili
Since 1972 Varano is the headquarters of Dallara Automobili, founded by Gian Paolo Dallara: his goal was to build racing cars, aided by his experience in Lamborghini
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The monument to Gilles Villeneuve
In 1983 Fiorano dedicated a monument to Prancing Horse driver Gilles Villeneuve, deceased a year earlier due to a terrible accident on the Zolder track.
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Army vehicles marked Guzzi
At the end of the 1920s, Moto Guzzi complemented the production of road and racing motorcycles with the construction of vehicles for army use.
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Giuseppe Guzzi designs the first Wind Tunnel in the world for aerodynamic testing of motorcycles.
Fortemente voluta da Carlo Guzzi e progettata dal fratello Giuseppe, è la prima al mondo per i motocicli.
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The Maserati Mistral is born, inaugurating the tradition of sports cars by the Trident named after winds
Il Tridente inaugura la tradizione di chiamare con nomi di venti alcuni modelli sportivi: la prima è Mistral.
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Ferruccio Lamborghini sells the company ... but the Countach flies.
In 1974 Ferruccio Lamborghini was forced to sell the company, but the Countach car produced in previous years proved to be a success.
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Corradino d'Ascanio and the variable pitch propeller
In 1932 the great engineer Corradino d'Ascanio started working with Piaggio, already inventor of the first helicopter and the variable pitch propeller, the future ‘father’ of the Vespa.
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Aprilia and the scooter segment
In April 1990, Aprilia produced the “Amico”, the first urban scooter made entirely of plastic, then followed by other lucky models, such as the Scarabeo range.
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The champion: Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini drove for MV Agusta from 1965 to 1975, winning a long series of races, including 15 Grand Prix.
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Aprilia Racing debuts at the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix.
Aprilia Racing inaugura con il pilota Loris Reggiani una storia di successi e di talentuosi piloti in sella.
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Fiorano and the annual meeting of historic cars
Since 1995 Fiorano has been holding an annual gathering of historic cars along with a tour of the main destinations in the area, including the famous Ferrari racetrack.
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Ercole, Guzzi’s most famous three-wheeled van.
Moto Guzzi si afferma anche come produttore di mezzi agricoli e motocarri grazie a questo popolare modello.
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The first aircraft of the Officine Caproni took off from the moorland of Malpensa.
Il primo velivolo delle officine di Gianni Caproni compie decollo e atterraggio nella brughiera di Malpensa.
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Maserati moves to Modena with the Trident brand
Maserati, founded in 1914, moved from Bologna to Modena in 1937, and here continued its history of luxury, racing and Grand Turismo cars bearing the famous Trident.
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The Maserati plant is renewed.
Lo stabilimento del Tridente a Modena aggiunge un nuovo centro direzionale e raggiunge 50.000 mq di superficie.
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The Lamborghini turns 30 years old and Ferruccio greets us
In 1993, 30 years after the birth of the Lamborghini company, its founder Ferruccio passed away: but his creation is still there, in spite of the difficulties.
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Ferruccio Lamborghini was born, founder of the same named carmaker
Ferruccio Lamborghini fonda la sua casa automobilistica a Sant’Agata Bolognese e sceglie come simbolo il toro.
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Ferruccio Lamborghini sells the firm, but the Countach flies.
Per la crisi, l’imprenditore è costretto a vendere la sua creatura nonostante il successo della Countach.
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The Vespa revolution
The Vespa was born in 1946, a true revolution in mass transport on two wheels and fruit of the creative genius of Corradino d'Ascanio as well as the conversion of the arms industry.
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Aprilia in the Piaggio Group
In 2004, Aprilia entered the Piaggio Group, giving a positive boost to production and inaugurating a lucky season of victories that came to fruition two years later.
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Alfa Romeo and Nissan sign a joint venture leading to the opening of a factory in Pratola Serra
Le due case automobilistiche siglano una joint venture per produrre in Irpinia i modelli Arna e Alfa Romeo 33.
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Umberto Panini buys 19 antique Maserati cars destined for auction: the Umberto Panini Museum Collection is born.
L’imprenditore modenese salva 19 auto d'epoca Maserati da un'asta in Inghilterra e le mette in esposizione.
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Auto Avio Costruzioni, the beginning of the Ferrari legend
Enzo Ferrari started his Modena Auto Avio Costruzioni in 1939: this was the first step towards the company that will revolutionize the world of racing and Gran Turismo cars.
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The Lamborghini Museum
Since 2001 the Lamborghini Museum tells the story of House of the Bull with a selection of cars exhibited on a rotating basis.
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Lamborghini produces the famous “Miura” thanks to the project of Gian Paolo Dallara and Paolo Stanzani
Presentata al Salone di Ginevra del 1966 la prima vera supercar moderna progettata dalla casa del Toro.
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The 1961 “Big Strike”
From the 50’s onwards, while the Vespa takes wing, social tensions ignited at the Piaggio company, evolving into the historical “big strike” of 1961.
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The super sport RSV4 and Aprilia’s return to the Superbike
In April 2009, Aprilia returned to the Superbike with its super sport RSV4 bike and affirmed itself in big off-road rallies.
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The Wind Tunnel by Moto Guzzi, a world record
In the 1950s the first Wind Tunnel in the world for testing motorcycles was inaugurated at the Moto Guzzi factory.
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Stanguellini Automobili was founded - the first four-wheel enterprise in Modena.
Nasce a Modena la casa costruttrice che sarà celebre per la ricerca della leggerezza e dell’aerodinamicità.
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Piaggio and the flood of 1966
In 1966 the Piaggio factory was hit by a flood and put back in order thanks to cooperation between workers and management, who until that point had been divided by strikes.
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The first racing Aprilia was constructed.
La casa di Noale approda alle competizioni nazionali e nel giro di due anni arrivano le prime vittorie.
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Fiorano gives the Ferrari champions the keys to the city
Schumacher and Barrichello are the Ferrari champions who received the keys to Fiorano in 2004 together with Luca Cordero di Montezemolo and Jean Todt.
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The first Maserati road car
The first Maserati road car was built. It was the A6 model, designed by Pinin Farina and produced in just 58 exemplars.
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Enzo Ferrari opens the “Scuderia Ferrari” (Ferrari racing team) in Modena, a branch of Alfa Romeo, for which it will adopt the symbol of the “Prancing Horse”.
Enzo Ferrari fonda come filiale di Alfa Romeo la scuderia che entrerà nella leggenda dell’automobilismo.
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Aprilia dedicates itself to the scooter sector with the "Amico", the first plastic model, followed by the famous "Scarabeo".
A Noale nasce Amico, il primo scooter urbano totalmente in plastica, cui seguiranno altri fortunati modelli.
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The Lamborghini Museum at the Sant'Agata Bolognese plan is inaugurated
La casa del Toro apre il museo che celebra la sua storia con una selezione di vetture esposte a rotazione.
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Luca Mazzanti’s handmade vehicles
In 2002 Luca Mazzanti plants the seed from which Mazzanti Automobiles is born, an organisation which builds exclusive supercars made to measure for its clients.
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In Pontedera social tensions broke out in the Piaggio’s “Scioperone” (big strike)
Mentre la Vespa vola, alla Piaggio esplodono tensioni sociali che sfociano in una lunga astensione dal lavoro.
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Gian Paolo Dallara founds Dallara Automobili in Varano de' Melegari
Nel parmense Gian Paolo Dallara, dopo anni in Lamborghini, inizia a costruire le sue vetture da competizione.
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Inauguration of the FMA, the Fiat plant for the production of automotive engines
Negli anni '90 lo stabilimento irpino diventa sede dell'impianto FMA e inizia a costruire motori per la Fiat.
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Maserati’s first F1 victory
Racing driver Manuel Fangio has won he most races in F1: from the first one in Monza in 1953 to the Drivers' Championship of 1957.
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Evantra, the legend of Mazzanti Automobili
Evantra production began in 2013, the making of the handmade supercar by Mazzanti Automobili, with only five exemplars produced per year.
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The November floods also hit the Piaggio plant
Operai e dirigenti Piaggio salvano assieme lo stabilimento dall'acqua dopo un periodo di tensioni e scioperi.
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Piaggio produced and commercialised the Ciao model
Il modello Ciao per Piaggio diventa simbolo della rinascita post-alluvione, e di libertà per i consumatori.
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Alejandro de Tomaso, from Buenos Aires to Modena
Apart from starting his own carmaking company for sports vehicles in Modena, Alejandro de Tomaso bound his history to Maserati, first as racing driver, then as owner.
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The transfer for Maserati from Bologna to Modena begins.
Fondata a Bologna nel 1914, la casa del Tridente si sposta a Modena per continuare la sua storia di successo.
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The Etruscan names of Mazzanti Automobili
Antas, Vulca, Evantra: the three main models of Mazzanti Automobili derive their names from the Etruscan culture to underline the deep connection between the business and the area it operates in.
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Ivano Beggio takes control of Aprilia, starting the production of motorcycles.
Alberto Beggio la fonda nel 1945 come fabbrica di biciclette; il figlio Ivano segna la svolta verso i motori.
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The Maserati cars named after the winds
In 1963 Maserati unveiled its tradition of calling some of its sports models by wind names. The first one was Mistral, followed by Bora, Merak, Ghibli and others.
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Giacomo Agostini arrives at MV Agusta
Il pilota esordisce con MV Agusta, con la quale correrà fino al 1975, conquistando ben 15 Gran Premi.
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The new Alfa Romeo Museum opens
La struttura celebra la casa del Biscione esponendo i 69 modelli che ne hanno segnato evoluzione e storia.
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The Umberto Panini collection, temple of Maserati cars
In 1996 Umberto Panini bought a collection of 19 vintage Maserati cars, thereby saving it from being auctioned in England: now they are the main nucleus of a museum that is open to the public.
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Ferrari’s ancestor, the Auto Avio Costruzioni company, opens in Modena.
Il primo passo verso verso l'industria che rivoluzionerà il comparto delle auto da corsa e gran turismo.
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The new Gestione Sporiva (racing department) at Ferrari is inaugurated: the last act in a renewal of business space begun in the 90’s under the sign of famous architects.
La "Cittadella Ferrari" è il "miglior luogo di lavoro al mondo" grazie a innovativi interventi architettonici.
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The Maserati factory today
In 2003 Maserati’s historic factory in Modena was enriched with a new business district: the total surface is now 50,000 sqm.
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Maserati conquered the Indy 500 for the second time, and it’s immediately a record.
Il Tridente è l'unica casa italiana ad aggiudicarsi la 500 Miglia di Indianapolis, e per due anni consecutivi.
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Cittadella Ferrari: Best Place to Work in Europe
The New Sport Management is the latest in a range of participations signed by great architects who have turned the Ferrari industrial plant into a green, luminous and inviting working environment.
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The Varese firm Aermacchi set up a joint venture with Harley-Davidson
La storica azienda varesina inizia una collaborazione con la casa di Milwaukee destinata a durare fino al ‘72.
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F&M was born, progenitor of Mazzanti Automobili
Luca Mazzanti e Walter Faralli iniziano a costruire in Toscana le loro supercar "artigianali" e "sartoriali".
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Maserati returns to the races
In 2004 Maserati returned to the world of races with a line-up of two MC12 in the FIA GT championship: Trident recommences bringing home victories.
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The first Maserati road model is constructed.
È il modello A6: motore da 1500 cc e 65 CV, disegnato da Pininfarina e prodotto in soli 58 esemplari.
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Aprilia enters the Piaggio group
L’ingresso nello storico gruppo dà impulso alla produzione e inaugura una fortunata stagione di vittorie.
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Maserati conquers the first victory at the Grand Prix with Manuel Fangio.
L’argentino Juan Manuel Fangio trionfa con la sua A6GCM nel Gran Premio d’Italia sul circuito di Monza.
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Aprilia returns to Super Bike.
Con le sue supersportive, Noale torna alla massima categoria e si afferma nei grandi rally fuoristrada.
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Maserati and the Orsi family
Modenese Adolfo Orsi is the person who took over Maserati in 1937, ensuring its move to Modena: having started from nothing, he involved the whole family in his entrepreneurial activities.
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The De Tomaso plant opens in Modena: it will remain active for 45 years.
Pilota e imprenditore argentino, Alejandro de Tomaso si aggiunge ai protagonisti dell’automobilismo modenese.
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Founding of Lamborghini Tractors in Cento
A Cento Ferruccio Lamborghini inizia a costruire trattori per un settore agricolo bisognoso di ripartire.
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Enzo Ferrari moves his business to Maranello, which at the time is called Auto Avio Costruzioni.
A causa della guerra, la Auto Avio Costruzioni si sposta da Modena a Maranello: inizia un legame leggendario.
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Corradino d'Ascanio arrived at Piaggio
Già inventore del primo elicottero e dell'elica a passo variabile, sarà il futuro inventore della Vespa.
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The Vespa was patented and achieved an immediate success
Dal genio di Corradino d'Ascanio e dalla riconversione industriale nasce la rivoluzione italiana su due ruote.
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The first model of the MV Agusta motorcycle was produced
La nuova moto rilancia l'impresa di Cascina Costa, affermandosi sul mercato e vincendo subito molte gare.
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Giovanni Castiglioni founded the Cagiva company, a small metal hardware manufacturer
Giovanni Castiglioni fonda un'azienda di minuteria metallica, futura protagonista nel mondo delle due ruote.