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Encyclopedia > Vignale
Tatra 613 coupe Vignale - 1969
Tatra 613 coupe Vignale - 1969
The Vignale designed Tatra 613-4 Mi Long Model 1995.
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The Vignale designed Tatra 613-4 Mi Long Model 1995.

Vignale was an Italian automobile coachbuilder company. Carrozzeria Alfredo Vignale was established in 1946 by Alfredo Vignale (born 1913) in Grugliasco, near Turin (Torino). Image File history File links Tatra613coupe. ... Image File history File links Tatra613coupe. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1231x863, 218 KB) Summary Tatra 613-4 at the Wartburg/Trabant/IFA Club UK Rally 2006 in Stanford Hall. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1231x863, 218 KB) Summary Tatra 613-4 at the Wartburg/Trabant/IFA Club UK Rally 2006 in Stanford Hall. ... Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race An automobile is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... A coachbuilder is a manufacturer of bodies for carriages or automobiles. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Türín) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ...


The first body on a Fiat 500 base was made in 1948, followed by a special Fiat 1100. Most customers were Italian firms such as Cisitalia, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Maserati and Lancia. In 1968, Vignale designed the body of Tatra 613. Vignale designed and built cars, usually low volume variants of the main production cars of these automobile manufacturers. A close cooperation was maintained with Michelotti. Vignale was taken over by Ghia in 1969 and ceased to exist in 1974. Aston Martin produced a concept car called the Lagonda Vignale at the 1993 Geneva motor show. Aston are owned by Ford who in turn also own Ghia which is how the name came to be revived. A white Fiat 500 in Pisa, Italy. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The Fiat 1100 was an automobile. ... Cisitalia was a Formula One constructor from Italy. ... Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ... The current Ferrari logo Ferrari is an Italian automotive manufacturer in the Formula One World Championship, also involved in high-end and high-performance race cars, supercars, and sports cars. ... The present Fiat logo The old Fiat logo, still commonly seen, used from 1969 to 1999 Fiat S.p. ... Present Maserati logo Maserati is a famous Italian manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, established in 1914 in Bologna. ... Lancia is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia, part of the Fiat group since 1969. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Tatra T87. ... Giovanni Michelotti (1921-1980) was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century. ... Ghia (Carrozzeria Ghia SpA) is one of the most famous Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firms, founded in 1921 in Turin by Giacinto Ghia (1887 - 1944). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Aston Martin logo (1987 - 2002) Official Aston Martin logo (since 2003) Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury cars headquartered at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England. ... 1937 Lagonda LG45R Rapide Lagonda, the British car maker, was founded in 1906 in Staines, Middlesex by the American Wilbur Gunn. ... Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ...


External links

  • The most comprehensive summary in English can be found on http://CarsfromItaly.com
  • An unofficial list of models is at http://geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/2068/vignale_creations.htm

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Vignale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (199 words)
Carrozzeria Alfredo Vignale was established in 1946 by Alfredo Vignale (born 1913) in Grugliasco, near Turin (Torino).
Vignale designed and built cars, usually low volume variants of the main production cars of these automobile manufacturers.
Vignale was taken over by Ghia in 1969 and ceased to exist in 1974.
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