Concept Flashback 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo by Bertone

Alfa Romeo Automobiles S. g. A. (Italian: [ˈalfa roˈmɛːo]) is a good Italian luxury car manufacturer, founded by Frenchman Alexandre Darracq as A. L. F. A. ("[Società] Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili", "Lombard Automobile Manufacturer limited liability [Company]") on 24 06 1910, in Milan. The particular brand is well known for nice looking overall vehicles and it has been involved in car racing since 1911.

The organization was owned by Italian state holding company Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale in between 1932 and 1986, whenever it became a component of the Fiat team. In February 2007, the Alfa Romeo brand grew to become Alfa Romeo Automobiles H. p. A., a subsidiary of Fiat Group Automobiles, 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 language investors. In late 1909, the Italian Darracq vehicles were selling slowly and the Italian partners associated with the company hired Giuseppe Merosi to design brand new cars. On 24 06 1910, a new organization was founded named A. L. F. A., in the beginning still in partnership with Darracq. The first non-Darracq car made by the business was the 1910 twenty-four HP, designed by Merosi. A. L. F. A. ventured into motor race, with drivers Franchini plus Ronzoni competing in the particular 1911 Targa Florio along with two 24-hp models. Within August 1915, the organization came under the path of Neapolitan entrepreneur Nicola Romeo, who converted the particular factory to produce military hardware for the Italian language and Allied war attempts. In 1920, the name of the company was changed to Alfa Romeo along with the Torpedo 20–30 HORSEPOWER the first car to be so badged.

In 1921, the Banca Italiana di Sconto, which backed the E. Nicola Romeo & Co, went broke and the particular government needed to support the professional companies involved, among which was Alfa Romeo, through the "Consorzio per Sovvenzioni sui Valori Industriali". In 1925, the train activities were separated from the Romeo company, and in 1928, Nicola Romeo still left. In 1933, the condition ownership was reorganized under the banner of the Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI) by Benito Mussolini's government, which in turn had effective control. The company struggled to return to success after the Second Globe War, and turned to mass-producing small vehicles instead of hand-building luxury models. Within 1954, it developed the Alfa Romeo Twin Camera engine, which may remain in production until 1994. During the 1960s and 1970s, Alfa Romeo produced numerous sporty cars, but struggled to make a revenue, so Istituto per una Reconstruzione (IRI), the state conglomerate that controls Finmeccanica sold the marque to the Fiat Group in 1986.