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ATS

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Alfa Romeo

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

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