Carrozzeria Castagna
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Type | Società a responsabilità limitata |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (1849) |
Founder | Carlo Castagna |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Uberto Petra (co-owner) Gioacchino Acampora (chief designer & co-owner)[1] |
Services | custom-built vehicles |
Website | castagnamilano.com |
Carrozzeria Castagna is an Italian coachbuilding company based in Milan, Italy.
History[]
The company history began in 1849 when Carlo Castagna bought the Ferrari coachbuilding business. Carrozzeria Castagna built the first coach automobile with a combustion engine (Benz quadricycle).[citation needed]
Later the company worked with larger car manufacturers, including: Isotta Fraschini, Duesenberg, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, and Mercedes-Benz.[2] The original company ceased in 1954.[3]
- A 1933 Lancia Astura Series II with a Castagna body
1913 ALFA 40/60 HP Aerodinamica
1939 Alfa Romeo 6C Castagna Berlinetta
1928 Castagna Imperial Landaulet (Isotta Frascini chassis)
Revival[]
The company name was revived twice in the 1990s.[4] In 1994, the Carrozzeria Castagna name was bought by a businessman Uberto Petra and Gioacchino Acampora, the latter an Italian automotive designer who created all of the recent projects of Castagna Milano, starting from the re-body of an Alfa Romeo SZ as an Alfa Romeo Vittoria Castagna.[1][5] The latest works of the company include a series of customised runabout and wood-panelled cars based on Fiat 500 and Mini.[2][6]
List of cars designed by Gioacchino Acampora at Castagna Milano:[1][7]
- 1995 Alfa Romeo Vittoria, based on Alfa Romeo SZ[5]
- 1995 Maserati Auge concept car, based on Maserati Quattroporte IV and revised in 2002[8]
- 2003 Castagna G.C., also called "Ginevra"
- 2003 Castagna Rossellini, based on Ferrari 550 Maranello[9]
- 2004 Mini SUWagon
- 2004 Mini Woody
- 2005 Castagna Aria, based on Ferrari 575M
- 2005 Bentley Continental GT Shooting Brake
- 2005 Mini CrossUP
- 2005 Mini Tender
- 2006 Castagna Imperial Landaulet
- 2007 Fiat 500 Woody Wagon
- 2007 Castagna Aznom, based on Chevrolet Corvette
- 2008 Fiat Tender Two EV, based on Fiat 500[10]
- 2015 Fiat 500C Ischia[11]
- 2016 Fiat 500L Tiberio Taxi[12]
- 2020 Aznom Palladium, an all-terrain "hyper-limousine" based on Dodge Ram[13]
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b "12.03.2006 Carrozzeria Castagna". italiaspeed.com. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- ^ "Carrozzeria Castagna & C." coachbuild.com. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
- ^ "Carrozzeria Castagna S.r.l." globalautoindex.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Castagna Vittoria". italiaspeed.com. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Gioacchino Acampora – La mia bottega digitale". cristinagabetti.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Castagna". carstyling.ru. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "1995 Maserati Auge (Castagna)". carstyling.ru. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Rossellini". carrozzeriacastagna.com (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Castagna Tender Two: Fiat 500 beach buggy EV". motorauthority.com. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Castagna Milano unveils a true Fiat 500 convertible". motor1.com. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Castagna Tiberio is a mad Fiat 500L-based open top taxi". autoexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "First Look: Aznom Palladium Is A Rolls-Royce-ified Ram 1500".
External links[]
- Coachbuilders of Italy
- Milan motor companies
- Isotta Fraschini
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1849
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1954
- 1849 establishments in the Austrian Empire
- 1954 disestablishments in Italy
- Re-established companies
- Motor vehicle company stubs