Carlo Abarth
Carlo Abarth | |
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Born | Karl Albert Abarth 15 November 1908 |
Died | 24 October 1979 Vienna, Austria | (aged 70)
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Automobile designer |
Years active | 1925–1971 |
Carlo Abarth (15 November 1908 – 24 October 1979), born Karl Albert Abarth, was an Italian automobile designer.
Abarth was born in Austria, but later was naturalized as an Italian citizen; and at this time his first name Karl Albert was changed to its Italian equivalent of Carlo Alberto.[1]
Biography
Before World War II
Abarth was born in
(1927–34), and racedHe moved permanently to Italy in 1934, where he met Ferdinand Porsche's son-in-law Anton Piëch, and married his secretary.[6] In 1939 Abarth was long hospitalized and had his racing career end, due to a racing accident in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[7] Other than visits to Austria and Italy, he remained in Slovenia until the war was over. During this time he worked at Ignaz Vok's factory. [8]
After World War II
Following this, he moved to
Abarth then founded the
He sold the company on 31 July 1971 to Fiat, although he continued to manage it as a CEO for a period.[12] Later he moved back to Vienna, Austria, where he died in 1979.[13]
Personal life
Carlo Abarth was married three times. His first wife was the secretary of Volkswagen's head Anton Piëch in Vienna.
He married his second wife, Nadina Abarth-Žerjav, in 1949. They lived together in northern Italy until 1966, and divorced in 1979.
The same year, about six weeks before his death, Abarth married his third wife, Anneliese Abarth; she continues to head the Carlo Abarth Foundation[14] and wrote one of his biographies in 2010.
References
- ^ "Carlo Abarth". sportingfiatsclub.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
- ^ conceptcarz.com (last accessed 6 March 2007)
- ^ Abarth Corse SpA from grandprix.com (last accessed 6 March 2007)
- ^ Carlo Abarth Archived 3 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine from abarth.nl (last accessed 6 March 2007)
- ^ Abarth Historie Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine from reinhard-mergel.de (last accessed using Google cache, 6 March 2007)
- ^ Cisitalia Archived 26 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine from usuarios.lycos.es (last accessed 7 March 2007)
- ^ "Spet tisoči pri dirkah". Jutro. Ponedeljska izdaja. 13 November 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Abarth History". Abarthisti. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ Abarth history Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine from histomobile.com (last accessed 6 March 2007)
- ^ Abarth ... attenti alle scorpione!!! from lanciarally037.com (last accessed 6 March 2007)
- ^ Behind the Abarth name from italiaspeed.com (last accessed 6 March 2007)
- ^ "The history of Abarth". abarthcarsuk.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "UNIQUE EXHIBITION Tribute to Carlo ABARTH". www.retromobile.com. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Carlo Abarth Foundation".
Sources
- Greggio, Luciano (2002). Abarth, L'uomo, le macchine (in Italian). G. Nada. ISBN 88-7911-262-7.
- Abarth, Anneliese (2010). Carlo Abarth: Mein Leben mit dem genialen Autokonstrukteur (in German). Herbig Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7766-2631-5.