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  • Abarth, the firm that found fame tuning Fiats for racing, was officially relaunched as a car company in its own right in Turin, Italy

    Abarth, the firm that found fame tuning Fiats for racing, was officially relaunched as a car company in its own right in Turin, Italy

    Tuesday 25th September 2007 Abarth, the firm that found fame tuning Fiats for racing, was officially relaunched as a car company in its own right in Turin, Italy. The event saw the production edition of the brand’s first new road model in 25 years, a 150bhp 1.4 litre Abarth Grande Punto. The evening event also […]

    September 25, 2007
  • Carlo Abarth (70) died

    Carlo Abarth (70) died

    Wednesday 24th October 1979 Carlo Abarth (70) died. Best know for his tuning of Fiats, Carlo Abarth was a successful motorcycle racer winning the European Championship five times. Abarth began working for Cisitalia as the technical and racing director lining up the Porsche designed single-seater, mid-engined and four-wheel drive Cisitalia Formula 1 car on the […]

    October 24, 1979
  • Abarth & Co. the racing car and car maker founded by Carlo Abarth of Turin in 1949, was sold to Fiat

    Saturday 31st July 1971 Abarth & Co. the racing car and car maker founded by Carlo Abarth of Turin in 1949, was sold to Fiat. The acquisition was only made public by Fiat with a press release on 15 October. Under Fiat ownership, Abarth became the Fiat Group’s racing department, managed by engine designer Aurelio […]

    July 31, 1971
  • Austrian-born Italian Carlo Abarth set the acceleration record over a quarter of a mile and over 500 metres on the Monza Track in Italy in a 105 bhp Fiat Abarth ‘1,000 Monoposto Record’ Class G

    Austrian-born Italian Carlo Abarth set the acceleration record over a quarter of a mile and over 500 metres on the Monza Track in Italy in a 105 bhp Fiat Abarth ‘1,000 Monoposto Record’ Class G

    Wednesday 20th October 1965 Austrian-born Italian Carlo Abarth set the acceleration record over a quarter of a mile and over 500 metres on the Monza Track in Italy in a 105 bhp Fiat Abarth ‘1,000 Monoposto Record’ Class G. On the next day he set the same records for higher classes in a 200-cc Class […]

    October 20, 1965
  • Driving a Fiat Abarth 750, with bodywork by Bertyone, Carlo Abarth set a whole series of speed and endurance records on the Monza Track

    Driving a Fiat Abarth 750, with bodywork by Bertyone, Carlo Abarth set a whole series of speed and endurance records on the Monza Track

    Monday 18th June 1956 Driving a Fiat Abarth 750, with bodywork by Bertyone, Carlo Abarth set a whole series of speed and endurance records on the Monza Track. He broke the 24 hour record, travelling 2,352.8 miles (3,743 km), at an average speed of 96.3 mph (155 km/h).

    June 18, 1956
  • The Abarth 1500 Biposto (Bertone) coupe, an experimental coupe designed by Franco Scaglione, who worked for Bertone at the time, was unveiled at the Turin Auto Show

    The Abarth 1500 Biposto (Bertone) coupe, an experimental coupe designed by Franco Scaglione, who worked for Bertone at the time, was unveiled at the Turin Auto Show

    Wednesday 23rd April 1952 The Abarth 1500 Biposto (Bertone) coupe, an experimental coupe designed by Franco Scaglione, who worked for Bertone at the time, was unveiled at the Turin Auto Show. It featured a futuristic design consisting of a central headlight, similar to the earlier Tucker Torpedo, and fins at the rear. Following the Turin […]

    April 23, 1952
  • The Italian racing car and road car maker, Abarth, was founded by Carlo Abarth of Turin

    The Italian racing car and road car maker, Abarth, was founded by Carlo Abarth of Turin

    Friday 15th April 1949 The Italian racing car and road car maker, Abarth, was founded by Carlo Abarth of Turin. Its logo is a shield with a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background. The company built and raced sports cars and in 1952 began an association with Fiat, utilising their mechanicals on some […]

    April 15, 1949
  • Carlo Abarth founded the Abarth & C

    Thursday 31st March 1949 Carlo Abarth founded the Abarth & C. company with Armando Scagliarini (father of Cisitalia racing driver Guido Scagliarini) in Torino, Italy. With a Scorpio as the logo, the company made racing cars, and became a major supplier of high-performance exhaust pipes, that still are in production as Abarth. The marque has […]

    March 31, 1949
  • Born on this day, Karl (Carlo) Abarth, an Italian-Austrian automobile designer who in 1949 founded the Abarth & C

    Born on this day, Karl (Carlo) Abarth, an Italian-Austrian automobile designer who in 1949 founded the Abarth & C

    Sunday 15th November 1908 Born on this day, Karl (Carlo) Abarth, an Italian-Austrian automobile designer who in 1949 founded the Abarth & C. company with Cisitalia racing driver Guido Scagliarini in Bologna,using his astrological sign, the Scorpio, as the company logo.The same year, Abarth & Co moved to Turin. Financed by Scagliarini’s father Armando Scagliarini, […]

    November 15, 1908
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    July 27, 2022
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