Gioacchino Colombo
Gioacchino Colomboautomobile engine designer.
Biography
Born in
marque's racing and road cars. The first Ferrari-Colombo engine appeared on 11 May 1947. Colombo's most successful work for Ferrari was a tiny 1.5 litre V12, first used in the Tipo 125, 159, and then 166 sports cars. This engine, also known as the "Colombo engine", was produced for road cars and endurance racing cars for more than 40 years in displacements up to 4.8 L. These included the 3.0 litre Ferrari 250
racing, sports, and GT cars.
Colombo's engine was not as successful in
naturally aspirated
V12, which replaced Colombo's.
Colombo left Ferrari in 1950 and returned to
Colombo died in Milan in 1988.
References
- ^ Spelled alternately as "Gioachino"
- ^ Fox (2012-02-05). "Prottegisti in Ferrari". Modelfoxbrianza.it. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
Bibliography
- Colombo, Gioachino (1985). Origins of the Ferrari Legend. Sparkford Nr. Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ, England: Haynes Publishing Group. ISBN 0-85429-624-7.)
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