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Latest archived mark · 2015

Alfa Romeo

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Latest archived mark · 2007

Abarth

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What we compare	Alfa Romeo	Abarth
Country in archive	Italy	Italy
Founded	June 24, 1910	March 31, 1949
Founder	Ugo Stella	Carlo Abarth
Headquarters	Turin, Piedmont, Italy	Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Name origin	The name combines the acronym A.L.F.A., for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili, with the surname of the Neapolitan engineer and entrepreneur Nicola Romeo, who took control of the company in 1915. The first car to carry the combined Alfa Romeo name was the Torpedo 20-30 HP in 1920.	Abarth is the surname of its founder, Carlo Abarth, who was born Karl Albert Abarth in Vienna and became an Italian citizen. The company was first named Abarth & C. when it was founded in 1949.
Selected models	P2, 8C 2900A, Giulietta, Spider, 33 Stradale, Montreal, Giulia	Fiat-Abarth 1000 TC, Abarth-Simca 1300 GT, Fiat 131 Abarth Rally, Abarth 595, Abarth 124 Spider
Earliest archived brand logo	1910	1949
Latest archived logo	2015	2007
Archived logo assets	14	6

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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