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When Nicola Romeo bought ALFA in 1915, his surname was appended to the company name.

The company's first automobile was the 24 HP [2], which appeared in 1910, and the following year entered the Targa Florio, the special competition in Sicily.

1 Racing history

Alfa Romeo scored many prestigious victories in all the different categories: Formula 1, Prototypes, Touring and Fast Touring. Private drivers also run some rally competitions with fine results.

In the 1930s, Tazio Nuvolari won the Mille Miglia in a 6C 1750 [3], crossing the finishing line after having incredibly overtaken Achille Varzi without his lights (at nighttime).

The 8C 2300 won the Le Mans 24 Hours from 19311931 is the common year starting on Thursday. see link for calendar) Events January January 4 Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the to 1934Events January-April January 1 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison. January 7 First Flash Gordon comic strip is published. January 10 Execution of Marinus van der Lubbe January 24 Einstein visits White House January 26 The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, Ne. In 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo Alfa Romeo won the German Grand Prix with Nuvolari.

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In the 1960s Alfa Romeo was bought by the Italian government and became famous for its models specifically designed for Italian police ("Panthers" [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]) and Carabinieri ([9]); among them the glorious "Giulia Super" [10] - [11] - [12], first car with double volumetric compressor to be used on normal traffic. Or the 2600 Sprint GT [13], which obtained an expressive nickname of "Inseguimento" (this car is wrongly supposed to be the one that the famous Roman police marshall and unrivalled driver Armandino Spadafora brought down on the Spanish Steps while following some robbers - it was instead a black Ferrari GT 50 - this pic of Giulia [14], one of the dozens about this legend, is taken from a movie and not at Spanish Steps).

At the end of the 1970s, a general economical crisis caused the government to sell Alfa Romeo to Fiat, which still owns it.

Before being bought by Fiat, Alfa Romeo always had a daring commercial policy, constantly experimenting with new solutions and using them in its series production [15], even at the risk of losing market share [16], [17], [18]. On an English sales brochure:

The Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 SS - For the man who has everything, here is the car to keep him company. ... The price is GBP 2394.1.3 including tax. Expensive? Naturally! What else would you expect a hand-built Alfa to be? [19]

It represented the make of those cars which could allow some sport driving on common roads, provided the driver was clever enough to let them express their particular "sound".

Owners of an A.R. call themselves "Alfista", in Italian. Alfa Romeo is sometimes worshipped by its owners, and many models have become cultural symbols [20]. There are many thriving Alfa Romeo Owners Clubs and Alfa Romeo Model Registers.

In 1967 the famous Dustin Hoffman's film " The Graduate" gave worldwide unforgettable celebrity to the "Spider" (best known with the Italian nickname of "Duetto", or as "Osso di Seppia" or Round-tail), and its unique shape. See here [21] - [22]. The Spider was designed by Pininfarina.