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In 1899 Giovanni Agnelli and his partners made Fiat and the first model Italian car was produced. This car was called the fiat 4HP, and it was capable of reaching a top speed of 22mph.
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Lancia is a car company that was very innovative and made many leaps and bounds in the car industry. Lancia was founded by Vincenzo Lancia and Claudio Fogolin who were also race car drivers at the time.
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In 1910 Alfa Romeo, which was originally named A.L.F.A., was made in Milan. This is the same year this car company produced their first car, the 24HP.
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In 1913 Lancia put a complete electrical system in a car. This was the first time this had ever been done, anywhere in the world.
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Maserati was founded by five brothers Ernesto, Alfieri, Carlo, Ettore, and Bindo. Throughout the life of this company it had many different takeovers of power.
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In 1992 Lancia put the first stand alone front suspension in a car, along with the first car body that supported the car using the cars exterior. This was big because this was the first time it had been done anywhere.
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Ferrari was originally called Scuderia Ferrari and founded by Enzo Ferrari . It was created to be a racing team for Alfa Romeo but over time it lost funding and had its cars dropped.
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In 1947 Ferrari entered the road car market. This was probably to make more money because before then it was only made for racing cars.
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In 1948 Lancia put a 5 speed gearbox in a road car, this was the first time it had been done. Then sometime after Lancia also was the first car company to put the first V6 and V4 engines in cars, along with the first rear trans-axis in cars.
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In 1950 Ferrari competed in its first Formula One World Championship. After that Ferrari competed in every Formula One World Championship. Ferrari is the only car company to constantly compete in this race year after year.
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Lamborghini was founded by an ex world war II mechanic named Ferruccio Lamborghini. He owned many cars from the manufactures Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Ferarri,and Lancia. Then he decided to make a sports car of his own, and in 1963 he made the Lamborghini 350GTV.
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In 1969 Fiat bought a 50% share in both Ferrari and Alfa Romeo. Also during this time Fiat bought Lancia completely and chose to keep it separate. This was not an unexpected move because Fiat has slowly been taking over the Italian car market since its creation.
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In 1986 Fiat completely bought out Alfa Romeo and this adds to the list of car companies they owned.
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In 1993 Fiat completely bought Maserati. Ever since this move Fiat has became the largest car company in the Italian car industry, and also has made up for 6% of the total car industry.
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During this time Lamborghini was sold to another car company named Volkswagen. Volkswagen is not Italian company so Lamborghini was no longer an Italian car company.
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