Thursday 29th November 1906

Vincenzo Lancia together with the former Fiat test driver, Claudio Fogolin, founded his own company called Lancia & C. Fabbrica Automobili. The first Lancia automobile the “Tipo 51” or 12 HP (later called Alfa) was produced in 1907-1908. It had a small four-cylinder engine with a power of 28 hp. Vincenzo Lancia continued driving for Fiat until 1910.