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What we compareAbarthAutobianchi
Country in archiveItalyItaly
FoundedMarch 31, 1949January 11, 1955
FounderCarlo AbarthBianchi, Pirelli and Fiat
HeadquartersTurin, Piedmont, ItalyDesio, Lombardy, Italy
Name originAbarth 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.The name joins the Italian word for car with Bianchi, the Milan firm founded by Edoardo Bianchi in 1885. The first Autobianchi model, the Bianchina, was named as a tribute to Edoardo Bianchi's first car of 1899.
Selected modelsFiat-Abarth 1000 TC, Abarth-Simca 1300 GT, Fiat 131 Abarth Rally, Abarth 595, Abarth 124 SpiderBianchina, Stellina, Primula, A111, A112, Y10
Earliest archived brand logo19491957
Latest archived logo20071985
Archived logo assets614

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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