The History of Alfa

[dkw]

Anyone out there know in the beginning who named this one of a kind car 'Alfa Romeo' and is there any ultimate meaning to the naming?

Keith in Va.

[dretceterini]

Here are links to pretty good basic histories of the company

http://www.alfaromeo.com/cgi-bin/pbr...ry/history.jsp

http://www.team.net/www/ktud/alfatoc.html

[Zunige]

Welcome to the BB!

"A.L.F.A." was founded in 1910, and the acronym stood for "Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili". Five years later Nicola Romeo bought the company and the name was changed from "A.L.F.A." to "Alfa Romeo".

"Anonima" means anonymous, and a corporate entity in other parts of the world is often a legal "anonymous society", and using the reference is akin to using "Corp." or "Corporation" in the name. The rest means "Lombarda Automobile Factory".

Alfa's official web site, www.alfaromeo.com, has a history tab. A fair amount of history may also be found by searching the world wide web.

Best regards,

[dretceterini]

There was a company named Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili in 1904, and one prototype was built with constantly variable transmission. I can not find any direct link between this company, nor any evidence that what became Alfa Romeo started out buying the corporate "shell" of the defunct company, but I find it interesting and curious that another company had the same exact name at an earlier date.

[dkw]

Thanks for that most interesting information......Zunige/Enrique


Keith....Virginia,USA

[dkw]

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Originally Posted by dretceterini There was a company named Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili in 1904, and one prototype was built with constantly variable transmission. I can not find any direct link between this company, nor any evidence that what became Alfa Romeo started out buying the corporate "shell" of the defunct company, but I find it interesting and curious that another company had the same exact name at an earlier date.