Giulio Alfieri was an Italian automobile

Automobile

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 engineer

Engineer

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, affiliated with Maserati

Maserati

Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters is now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...

 in Modena

Modena

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, Italy

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 since 1953, where he was central to the development of racing and production cars in the 1950s and 1960s.

Alfieri was born in Parma

Parma

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. After graduating the Politecnico of Milan, he first worked on steam turbine

Steam turbine

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s for the ship industry Cantieri Navali of Tirreno, in Genoa

Genoa

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, before
joining the automaker Innocenti

Innocenti

Innocenti was an Italian machinery works originally established by Ferdinando Innocenti in 1920.After World War II, the company was famous for many years for Lambretta scooters models such as LI125, LI150, TV175, TV200, SX125, SX150, SX200, GP125, GP150 and GP200.From 1961 to 1976 Innocenti built...

 in 1949.
Employed in September 1953 by Adolfo Orsi

Adolfo Orsi

Adolfo Orsi was an Italian industrialist, known for owning the Maserati automobile maker.Coming from a poor family from San Lazzaro, near Modena, he lost his father in 1899. Later he created a successful business in the scrap iron, steel mill and farm equipment manufacturing area, employing...

, Alfieri joined the technical staff of Maserati

Maserati

Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters is now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...

 alongside Gioacchino Colombo

Gioacchino Colombo

Gioacchino Colombo was an Italian automobile engine designer.Colombo was born in Legnano. He began work as an apprentice to Vittorio Jano at Alfa Romeo. In 1937, Colombo designed the 158 engine for the Alfetta and caught the attention of Enzo Ferrari. Ferrari asked Colombo to design a small V12...

, Vittorio Bellentani

Vittorio Bellentani

Vittorio Bellentani was an Italian automobile engineer and racing driver.He studied in Germany at University of Freiburg before joining Enzo Ferrari in 1940, where he first worked on the Auto Avio Costruzioni 815 .He then worked for Maserati , developing the Maserati A6 , and Maserati 250F, that...

 and two others.

Alfieri worked on the six and eight cylinder engines used in the Maserati A6

Maserati A6

Maserati A6 were various cars made by Maserati of Italy, named for the Alfieri brothers and for the straight-six engine....

 (1955), Maserati 250F

Maserati 250F

The Maserati 250F was a racing car made by Maserati of Italy used in '2.5 litre' Formula One racing between January 1954 and November 1960. Twenty-six examples were made.-Mechanical details:...

 (1957), as well as V8

V8 engine

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 racing engines, later to be used as a basis for the V6

V6 engine

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 of Maserati Merak

Maserati Merak

The Maserati Merak was an Italian sports car introduced in 1972, essentially a junior version of the Maserati Bora. It substituted an all new Maserati designed quad-cam V-6 motor for the Bora's larger V-8, resulting not only in a lower cost, but room for a small backseat and better handling due to...

 and Citroën SM

Citroën SM

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 (1969). He also contributed to V12

V12 engine

A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders, usually but not always at a 60° angle to each other, with all 12 pistons driving a common crankshaft....

 prototype engines intended for use in Cooper

Cooper Car Company

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-Maserati

Maserati

Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters is now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...

 for Formula One

Formula One

Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

 racing (1966).
He was best, however, known for the Maserati 3500

Maserati 3500

Maserati 3500 was a 2-door coupé and convertible made by Maserati of Italy. It was the company's first attempt at the Gran Turismo market and large-volume production.- History :...

 GT design (1957) and
the Maserati Birdcage (1961), both employing the superleggera

Superleggera

Superleggera is an automobile chassis construction technology developed by Felice Bianchi Anderloni of Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring. The company was located just north of Milan, near Alfa Romeo, Italian Citroen, and the former Isotta-Fraschini plant...

 lightweight body.

Alfieri left Maserati in 1973 and later worked for Lamborghini

Lamborghini

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini , is an Italian car manufacturer. The company was founded by manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with established offerings from marques like...

 with Ubaldo Sgarzi on V8 and V12 engines (1975-1987).

He died at Modena in 2002.