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What we compareAlfa RomeoAutobianchi
Country in archiveItalyItaly
FoundedJune 24, 1910January 11, 1955
FounderUgo StellaBianchi, Pirelli and Fiat
HeadquartersTurin, Piedmont, ItalyDesio, Lombardy, Italy
Name originThe 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.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 modelsP2, 8C 2900A, Giulietta, Spider, 33 Stradale, Montreal, GiuliaBianchina, Stellina, Primula, A111, A112, Y10
Earliest archived brand logo19101957
Latest archived logo20151985
Archived logo assets1414

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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