Alfa Romeo 4C Wikipedia

Alfa Romeo Automobiles S. p. A. (Italian: [ˈalfa roˈmɛːo]) is an Italian luxury car producer, founded by Frenchman Alexandre Darracq as A. L. F. A. ("[Società] Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili", "Lombard Automobile Manufacturing plant limited liability [Company]") on 24 06 1910, in Milan. The brand is known for sporty vehicles and has been included in car racing considering that 1911.

The organization has been owned by Italian state holding company Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale among 1932 and 1986, whenever it became a component of the Fiat group. In February 2007, the Alfa Romeo brand became Alfa Romeo Automobiles T. p. A., a subsidiary of Fiat Group Vehicles, now Fiat Chrysler Vehicles Italy.

The organization that became Alfa Romeo was founded as Società Anonima Italiana Darracq (SAID) in 1906 by the particular French automobile firm associated with Alexandre Darracq, with Italian investors. In late 1909, the Italian Darracq vehicles were selling slowly and the Italian partners associated with the company hired Giuseppe Merosi to design new cars. On 24 June 1910, a new organization was founded named The. L. F. A., at first still in partnership with Darracq. The first non-Darracq car created by the organization was the 1910 twenty-four HP, designed by Merosi. A. L. F. The. ventured into motor racing, with drivers Franchini plus Ronzoni competing in the particular 1911 Targa Florio with two 24-hp models. In August 1915, the company came under the direction of Neapolitan entrepreneur Nicola Romeo, who converted the factory to produce army hardware for the Italian and Allied war attempts. In 1920, the name of the company has been changed to Alfa Romeo with the Torpedo 20–30 HP the first car to be so badged.

In 1921, the particular Banca Italiana di Sconto, which backed the E. Nicola Romeo & Co, went broke and the government needed to assistance the commercial companies involved, among which was Alfa Romeo, through the "Consorzio per Sovvenzioni sui Valori Industriali". In 1925, the train activities were separated through the Romeo company, and in 1928, Nicola Romeo remaining. In 1933, the condition ownership was reorganized below the banner of the particular Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI) by Benito Mussolini's government, which then got effective control. The organization fought to return to profitability after the Second World War, and turned to mass-producing small vehicles as opposed to hand-building luxury models. In 1954, it developed the Alfa Romeo Twin Camera engine, which would remain in production until 1994. Throughout the 1960s and 1972s, Alfa Romeo produced several sporty cars, but battled to make a revenue, so Istituto per la Reconstruzione (IRI), the state conglomerate that controls Finmeccanica sold the marque in order to the Fiat Group in 1986.

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