Monday, June 13, 2011
story of the alfa romeo and plant part 2 ALFA ROMEO in KHAKI UNIFORMS
The first part of this attempt to revive the industrial history of Alfa Romeo ended on a dramatic scene: Alfa Romeo was on the verge of conclusion, and only the miracle of the move to remove the management of the Director of the Orazi, responsible for organize liquidation, and its replacement with the head of high profile, Ugo Gobbato, now in charge of the restructuring of Alfa Romeo and upgrade its ability to successfully meet the needs of Mussolini's regime for advanced mechanical industry unable to provide military supplies for the upcoming war.
This chapter will focus on in the years 1933 to 1945, a shorter time than by chapter (1906-1933), and Ugo Gobbato undoubtedly will be the key figure of the entire period, the end of the war, touching – actually it is no coincidence – with his death. Some of the more famous and controversial number will also appear, such as Jane and Ricart. Mussolini also never far away.
It is also the most ironic part of the history of Alfa Romeo: at the same time, it was the brightest time for ultimate Alfa cars: 8 C 2900 is rated as the world's best pre war-sports car, definitely a high point in the production of the Alfa Romeo, yet in the next stage of life has the car production was so marginal, with regard to the overall activities at the factory. Roughly 35 2.9s were produced for 5 years and the total Production, car a maximum of 5% of the overall activity before the ages. The cars were no longer our focus for the first chapter, but will have even less so in the latter.
