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Carlo Abarth (15 November 1908 – 24 October 1979), born Karl Albert Abarth, was an Italian automobile designer. Abarth was born in Austria, but later was naturalized as an Italian citizen; and at this time his first name Karl Albert was changed to its Italian equivalent of Carlo Alberto.
Again, Ferrari was the dominant marque in the race with 18 entries – the biggest representation from any marque at a Le Mans. Sports-car specialist Abarth was next with 9 cars. SEFAC Ferrari had bounced back from the chaos at the end of 1961, when top designer Carlo Chiti led a walkout of key staff from the company.
Abarth & C. S.p.A. (pronounced) is an Italian racing- and road-car maker and performance division founded by Italo-Austrian Carlo Abarth in 1949. [3] Abarth & C. S.p.A. is owned by Stellantis through its Italian subsidiary. Its logo is a shield with a stylized scorpion on a yellow and red background. [4]
Abarth Simca 1300 GT Abarth Simca 1300 GT rear. The Abarth-Simca 1300 was the first product born from the collaboration between Carlo Abarth and Simca.The negotiations between the two companies were mediated by the Austrian engineer Rudolf Hruska, who had previously worked with Carlo Abarth at Cisitalia in 1949 and was a technical consultant at Simca in the early 1960s.
On 31 March 1949, Abarth & C. was founded in Bologna. [4] [5] The Cisitalia 204s were immediately rechristened Abarth Cisitalia 204A, as the takeover deal required Abarth to field the cars under the Cisitalia name for at least one year. In addition to the two completed cars, Abarth completed two of the additional chassis during 1949.
After the racing exploits of the 1300 GT, Carlo Abarth and Henri Théodore Pigozzi agreed to continue this cooperation but let Abarth improve the chassis to be used for a new, more powerful car. After a very brief transition with the 1600 GT, the 2000 GT was presented at the Geneva Motor Show on March 15, 1963. It bears the factory code AB 136.
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The Ferrari-Abarth 166 MM/53, also called Smontabile Spider, is a competition car designed in 1953 by Carlo Abarth for the driver Giulio Musitelli. Its bodywork was a design of Franco Scaglione . The car is a reworking of the Ferrari 166 MM for the driver, the only Abarth reworking of a Ferrari.