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Alfa Romeo

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ATS

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What we compare	Alfa Romeo	ATS
Country in archive	Italy	Italy
Founded	June 24, 1910	1962
Founder	Ugo Stella	Carlo Chiti and Giotto Bizzarrini
Headquarters	Turin, Piedmont, Italy	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 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.	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.
Selected models	P2, 8C 2900A, Giulietta, Spider, 33 Stradale, Montreal, Giulia	2500 GT, 2500 GTS, ATS GT
Earliest archived brand logo	1910	1962
Latest archived logo	2015	2012
Archived logo assets	14	2

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