Carrozzeria Castagna

Carrozzeria Castagna S.r.l.
Società a responsabilità limitata
Industry Automotive
Founded Milan, Italy (1849)
Headquarters Milan, Italy
Key people
 Carlo Castagna (Founder)
Services custom-built vehicles
Website castagnamilano.com

Carrozzeria Castagna is an Italian coachbuilding company from Milan. The company history starts in 1849 when Carlo Castagna bought the Ferrari coachbuilding business. In the end of 1800 was built the first coach automobile with a combustion engine (Benz quadricycle). Later the company worked with larger car makers such as Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Mercedes-Benz, Isotta Fraschini and Duesenberg.[1] The original company ceased in 1954[2] and later the famous name has been revived twice in the 1990s.[3]

Latest works includes of the company includes new (BMW) Mini.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "12.03.2006 Carrozzeria Castagna". italiaspeed.com. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  2. ↑ "Carrozzeria Castagna & C.". coachbuild.com. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  3. ↑ "Carrozzeria Castagna S.r.l.". globalautoindex.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
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