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Latest archived mark · 2012

ATS

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Latest archived mark · 2007

Abarth

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What we compare	ATS	Abarth
Country in archive	Italy	Italy
Founded	1962	March 31, 1949
Founder	Carlo Chiti and Giotto Bizzarrini	Carlo Abarth
Headquarters	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy	Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Name origin	ATS stands for Automobili Turismo e Sport, Italian for "Touring and Sport Automobiles." The initials describe the two kinds of cars the company set out to build, a road-going grand tourer and a racing car.	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	2500 GT, 2500 GTS, ATS GT	Fiat-Abarth 1000 TC, Abarth-Simca 1300 GT, Fiat 131 Abarth Rally, Abarth 595, Abarth 124 Spider
Earliest archived brand logo	1962	1949
Latest archived logo	2012	2007
Archived logo assets	2	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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