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Latest archived mark · 1986

Aprilia

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Benelli

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What we compare	Aprilia	Benelli
Country in archive	Italy	Italy
Founded	1945	1911
Founder	Alberto Beggio	Benelli brothers
Headquarters	Noale, Veneto, Italy	Pesaro, Marche, Italy
Name origin	Wikipedia states that Aprilia was named after the pre-war Lancia Aprilia, a car. The company was founded by Cavaliere Alberto Beggio in Noale, near Venice, so the name is not a family surname.	The company carries the surname of the Benelli family of Pesaro. Teresa Boni Benelli invested the family capital after her husband's death so that her six sons could work together, and the firm took the family name.
Highlights	RS125, RSV Mille, Tuono V4, RSV4	Leoncino, 750 Sei, Tornado Tre
Earliest archived brand logo	1945	1911
Latest archived logo	1986	2016
Archived logo assets	4	8

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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