List of Italian cars
Encyclopedia
Current major Italian car manufactures
- Alfa RomeoAlfa RomeoAlfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of cars. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911, and has a reputation for building expensive sports cars...
(1918–present) - FerrariFerrariFerrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...
(1947–present) - FiatFiatFIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
(1899–present) - LamborghiniLamborghiniAutomobili 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...
(1963–present) - LanciaLanciaLancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat Group in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage. Some modern Lancias are seen as presenting a more...
(1906–present) - MaseratiMaseratiMaserati 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...
(1926–present) - PaganiPaganiPagani Automobili S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of sports cars and carbon fibre. The company was founded in 1992 by Horacio Pagani, and is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy.-History:...
(1999–present)
Other car manufacturers
- AbarthAbarthAbarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :...
(1949–present) - B EngineeringB EngineeringB Engineering is a small-volume automobile manufacturer located in Italy. It is made up of several former employees of the Bugatti firm when it was under the leadership of Romano Artioli.-Edonis:...
(2001–present) - Bertone (1912–present)
- CasaliniCasaliniCasalini is an Italian company founded 1939 that makes mopeds and microcars. Casalini S.r.l. is the oldest microcar producer in the world. The factory is situated in Piacenza....
(1969–present) (microcars) - CoviniCovini EngineeringCovini Engineering is an Italian car manufacturer that was formed in 1978 by Ferruccio Covini. The company is generally best known for the Covini C6W, a 6-wheeled sports car that has two axles in the front of the car....
(1978–present) - DRDR Motor CompanyDR Motor Company is an Italian automobile company, founded in 2006 from Massimo Di Risio.The company produces cars adding design and Italian standards to components supplied by foreign companies such as Chery Automobile....
(2006–present) - Effedi (1979–present)
- Faralli & Mazzanti (2006–present)
- FornasariFornasariFornasari is an Italian car manufacturer that was created in 1999 by Giuseppe Fornasari. The company makes sports cars and SUVs.Model lineup:* Fornasari RR450, a two-door SUV mounted with a Chevrolet engine with 450 hp, Speed , 0-100 km/h in 4.5 sec...
(2001–present) - GiottilineGiottilineGiottiline is an Italian mobile home manufacturer and producer of the small scissor doored minicar the Giottiline Ginko. It produces also recreational vehicles....
(2006–present) (microcars) - Picchio Racing Cars (1989–present)
Former car manufacturers
- Ali CIEMME (1986–1992)
- ALFA (1910–1918)
- Amilcar ItalianaAmilcar ItalianaAmilcar Italiana manufactured some French Amilcar automobile models in Italy from 1925 to 1928 under licence granted in 1925 to Compagnia Generale Automobili S.A.,of Rome to build cyclecars and in 1927 to Societa Industriale Lombardo Veneta Automobili of Verona....
(1925–1928) - Ansaldo (1921–1931)
- Anzani (1923–1924)
- AquilaAquila ItalianaThe Aquila Italiana founded as the "Società Anonima Aquila" and quickly renamed as "Società Anonima Italiana Aquila" was an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1906 to 1917. The company was named again in 1909 after it was bough by bank as...
(1906–1917) - ASAASA (automobile)The ASA was an Italian automobile created by Giotto Bizzarrini and manufactured by the Bizzarrini company in Milan from 1964 to 1969...
(1962–1967) - ATSAutomobili Turismo e SportATS was an Italian automotive constructor and racing team that operated between 1963 and 1965, formed after the famous "Palace Revolution" at Ferrari....
(1962–1964) - Aurea (1920–1933)
- AutobianchiAutobianchiAutobianchi was an Italian automobile manufacturer, created jointly by Bianchi, Pirelli and Fiat in 1955. Autobianchi produced only a handful of models during its lifetime, which were almost exclusively small cars, with the biggest being the short-lived Autobianchi A111, a small family car...
(1957–1987) - BandiniBandini AutomobiliBandini Automobili was an Italian automobile manufacturer operating between 1946 and 1992. It was named after its founder Ilario Bandini.Founded in 1946 in Bandini’s hometown Forlì, the first Bandini used a modified Fiat 1100 engine, the body was made from hand hammered aluminum and the chassis...
(1946–1992) - Barosso (1923–1924)
- Beccaria (1911–1916)
- Bernardi (1899–1901)
- BiaginiBiagini Passo - Golf Country CabrioBiagini Passo - Golf Country CabrioThe convertible version of VW Golf MK I , named the Golf Cabriolet in Europe and Canada , was sold from 1980 to 1993....
(1990–93) - BianchiBianchi BicyclesF.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A is the world's oldest bicycle-making company still in existence, having pioneered the use of equal-sized wheels with pneumatic rubber tires in 1885. It was founded in Italy in 1885. It produced cars and commercial vehicles from 1900 to 1939; and motorcycles from 1897 to...
(1899–1939) - BizzarriniBizzarriniBizzarrini S.p.A. was an automotive manufacturer in the 1960s. Founded by former Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO engineer, Giotto Bizzarrini, the company built a small number of highly developed and advanced sport and racing automobiles before failing in 1969....
(1965–1969) - Brixia-ZustBrixia-ZustBrixia-Zust was an Italian car manufacturer founded by engineer Roberto Züst, owner of Zust company of Milan. The affiliated company was situated in Brescia, Northern Italy. These companies are often confused...
(1906–1911) - Bugatti (1991–1995)
- Bugatti & Gulinelli (1901–1903)
- Cantono (1900–1911)
- CeiranoCeirano GB & CThe Ceirano GB & C was a historic automobile company, founded in October 1898 by Giovanni Battista Ceirano, Emanuele di Bricherasio, Attilio Calligaris, Pietro Fenoglio and Cesare Goria Gatti....
(1901–1904) - ChiribiriChiribiriChiribiri began life as an engineering and automobile manufacturer in Turin in 1910 when the 45 year old Venetian Antonio 'Papa' Chiribiri founded Fabbrica Torinese Velivoli Chiribiri & C., , along with associates Maurizio Ramassotto and the engineer Gaudenzio Verga.Antonio Chiribiri was born...
(1910–1928) - CisitaliaCisitaliaCisitalia was an Italian sports and racing car constructor. The name "Cisitalia" derives from "Compagnia Industriale Sportive Italia", a business conglomerate founded in Turin in 1946 and controlled by the wealthy industrialist and sportsman Piero Dusio...
(1946–1965) - CizetaCizetaCizeta Automobili srl of Modena, Italy was a car manufacturer set up in the late 1980s by Claudio Zampolli and the record producer Giorgio Moroder....
(1988–1995) - Conrero (1951–1961)
- De TomasoDe TomasoDe Tomaso Automobili SpA is an Italian car-manufacturing company. It was founded by the Argentine-born Alejandro de Tomaso in Modena in 1959. It originally produced various prototypes and racing cars, including a Formula One car for Frank Williams' team in 1970. The company developed a reputation...
(1959–2004) - De Vecchi (1905–1917)
- DiattoDiattoDiatto was an Italian car maker founded in 1905 in Turin but its history started 175 years ago.1835-The year the company is founded.- In 1835, in Turin, on the banks of the river Po, Guglielmo Diatto founds a workshop for the construction of carriages for nobility.- The Diatto “Manifattura di...
(1905–1927) - Ermini (1948–1962)
- Esperia (1905–1910)
- FAST (1919–1925)
- FervesFervesThe Ferves was an Italian automobile manufactured from 1965 until 1970. Based on the Fiat, it was a multi-purpose car powered by a rear-mounted 499 cc two-cylinder in-line engine with drive to all four wheels and a maximum speed of around 45 MPH.-History:...
(1965–1970) - Fides (1905–1911)
- FimerFimerThe Fimer was an Italian automobile manufactured from 1948 until 1949. One of many mini-cars built in the years following World War II, it had a 246 cc two-stroke rear-mounted motorcycle engine; few were constructed....
(1948–1949) - Fissore (1971–1982)
- FLAG (1905–1908)
- Florentia (1903–1912)
- FOD (1925–1927; 1948–1949)
- Franco (1907–1912)
- GhiaCarrozzeria GhiaCarrozzeria Ghia SpA is one of the most famous Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firms, established by Giacinto Ghia and Gariglio as Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio, located at 4 Corso Valentino in Turin....
(1915–1973) - IATO (1989–1992)
- IENAIENAThe IENA was an Italian automobile manufactured by Industria Economica Nazionale Automobili di Tommasi et Rizzi in Lodi from 1921 until 1925. Two versions were made, a 750 cc light car or 1096 cc sports car, it used a French four-cylinder Chapuis-Dornier engine.About 150 were made....
(1921–1925) - InnocentiInnocentiInnocenti 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...
(1961–1996) - IntermeccanicaIntermeccanicaConstruzione Automobili Intermeccanica is an automobile manufacturer, founded by Frank Reisner initially based in Italy but subsequently moving to Canada. It is currently headed by Frank's son, Henry Reisner.-Founding:...
(1960–1975) - IsettaIsettaThe Isetta is an Italian-designed microcar built in a number of different countries, including Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Produced in the post-World War II years, a time when cheap short-distance transportation was most needed, it became one of the most...
(1950s–1970s) - Iso (1962–1979)
- Isotta-FraschiniIsotta-FraschiniIsotta Fraschini represents two Italian manufacturing companies which produce, respectively, marine engines and luxury goods. In the early 20th century it was famous worldwide as a luxury car manufacturer.-History:...
(1900–1948) - Itala (1904–1935)
- Junior (1905–1910)
- Lanza (1895–1903)
- LawilLawilThe Lawil S.p.A. is a former Italian automobile manufacturer that began production in 1967. Lawil was located in Pavia, Lombardia. Lawil S.p.A. was a part of the French Lambretta and the Italian Innocenti....
(1967–1986) - LMX SirexLMX SirexLMX Sirex was a 2-door, 2-seater sports car of Italian origin. The car was the only model produced by LMX Automobile S.R.L. , a company founded by Michel Liprandi and Giovanni Mandelli. The body of the LMX Sirex was designed by Franco Scaglione. The LMX Sirex was introduced during the 1968 Turin...
(1968–1974) - Lombardi (1969–1974)
- Maggiora (1905)
- Majocchi (1898–1906)
- Marca-Tre-SpadeMarca-Tre-SpadeThe Marca-Tre-Spade was an Italian automobile manufactured from 1908 until 1911. The four-cylinder ioe 24 hp cars, with four-speed gearboxes, were the product of a well-known gunsmith....
(1908–1911) - Marchand (1898–1909)
- Mazzieri (1993–1994)
- Menon (1897–1902)
- Monterosa (1959–1961)
- MorettiMoretti Motor CompanyMoretti Motor Company is a now defunct automobile manufacturer formerly based in Italy. It was founded in 1925 and ceased operations in the mid-1980s. Today, many of its sportscar models can still be found at various European auto shows...
(1945–1984) - NardiNardi (carmaker)Ufficine Nardi was an Italian automobile and racing car maker, named for their creator.Enrico Nardi was a racing mechanic, engineer, and driver who got his start with Lancia. He test drove the first car built by Auto Avio Costruzione in Modena, where many ex-Lancia colleagues joined him.In 1932,...
(1947–1964) - Nazzaro (1912–1923)
- Officine Meccaniche (OM)Officine MeccanicheOfficine Meccaniche or OM was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche...
(1918–1939) - OSCAO.S.C.A.Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili - Fratelli Maserati SpA was an Italian brand of sports car automobiles, usually abbreviated to O.S.C.A., OSCA or Osca.- History :...
(1947–1967) - OSI (1963–1968)
- Prinetti & StucchiPrinetti & StucchiPrinetti & Stucchiwas an Italian maker of sewing machines,bicycles and motorized vehicles, established inMilano in 1883. It was owned by engineers and politiciansAugusto Stucchi andGiulio Prinetti ....
(1898–1902) - QvaleQvaleQvale was an independent Italian car manufacturer founded in 2000 by the American Kjell Qvale's son, Bruce Qvale. Qvale's sole product was the Mangusta, originally the De Tomaso Biguà. Kjell Qvale founded British Motors in 1947 in San Francisco, California and is very well known in the automotive...
(2000–2003) - Rapid (1905–1921)
- Savio (1965–c.1983)
- SCATSCAT (automobile)The SCAT was Italian automobile manufacturer from Turin, founded in 1906 by Giovanni Ceirano.The company was active from 1906 to 1932 and achieved Targa Florio wins in 1911 and 1912. The first produced models were the 12 HP, the 16 HP and the 22 HP of 1909.- External links :*...
(1906–1923) - Scirea (1910–1927)
- Serenissima (1965–1970)
- SIAM (1921–1923)
- SiataSiataSiata , was an Italian tuning shop turned automaker founded in 1926 by amateur racecar driver Giorgio Ambrosini....
(1948–1970) - Siva (1967–1970)
- SPASPA (automobile)SPA an Italian automobile manufacturer, produced cars between 1906 and 1926.The company was established by Matteo Ceirano and Michele Ansaldi in Turin under the name of Società Piemontese Automobili. The first cars were exhibited at the Esposizione di Torino...
(1906–1926) - Standard/FAS (1906–1912)
- Stanga (1948–c.1952)
- Stanguellini (1946–1966)
- StoreroStoreroStorero Fabbrica Automobili was a car producer from Turin Italy. It was founded by ex. Fiat racing driver and motoring pioneer of Italy, Luigi Storero in 1912. The company builtfour and six cylinder models until 1919....
(1912–1919) - Taurinia (1902–1908)
- TemperinoTemperinoTemperino was an Italian car maker founded in 1906 in Turin, by three Temperino siblings . At first Temperino repaired bicycles and motorcycles, starting production of motorcycles in 1908...
(1919–1924) - Titania (1966)
- Turinelli & PezzaTurinelli & PezzaThe Turinelli & Pezza was an Italian electric car manufactured only in 1899. Manufactured in Milan, it featured front wheel drive....
(1899) - Urbanina (1965–c.1973)
- Vaghi (1920–1924)
- Vespa (1957–1961)
- ZustZustZust was an Italian car manufacturing company operating from 1905 to 1917.The company was founded by engineer Roberto Züst, an Italian industrialist of Swiss origin, who owned a precision tool manufacturing plant at Intra, near Lago Maggiore...
(1905–1918)
Sources
- Georgano, Nick (Ed.). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. ISBN 1-57958-293-1
- Mazur, Eligiusz (Ed.). World of Cars 2006/2007: Worldwide Car Catalogue. Warsaw: Media Connection, 2006. ISSN 1734-2945