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Gilera Logo

Gilera Logo — Gilera is a company Italian manufacturer of motorcycles, established in Arcore in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera. In 1969 it was bought by the Piaggio Group, which currently has six Italian brands (Aprilia, Gilera, Moto Guzzi, Piaggio, Vespa and Laverda) and Spanish (Derby), being the fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world.

gilera logo

gilera logo

In 1935 Gilera acquired rights to the Rondine four-cylinder engine, which was the basis for their racing machines for nearly four decades. Based on that engine developed a range of engines four times from 100cc to 500cc. More

Cagiva Logo

Cagiva Logo — Cagiva is an Italian manufacturer of motorcycles based in Schiranna, a suburb of Varese near Milan. The firm was founded in 1950 with Giovanni Castiglioni. Cagiva means Castiglioni Giovanni Varese elsewhere. Originally manufactured Cagiva metal parts. But Castiglioni was an avid motorcycle racing. He decided to create a team with two motorcycles designed by the factory, led by Gianfranco Bonera and Marco Lucchinelli.

cagiva logo

cagiva logo

And then the desire to put his passion and his profession took shape in common. It bought the plant AMF Harley-Davidson of Schiranna debauched and engineers at Aermacchi and MV Agusta. Until 1980, production will have the HD logo Cagiva. In 1983, an agreement was signed with Ducati to supply engines. This is the beginning of a long agreement between the two marks. Cagiva, whose production is doing well, would buy a large number of Italian brands. Ducati, MV Agusta, Moto Morini, Husqvarna are or have been part of the family Cagiva. More

Bimota Logo

Bimota Logo — Bimota is a company Italian founded in 1973 in Rimini. The name is an acronym for the names of the three founders, BI Anchi MO rri TA mburini. Bianchi was a bicycle manufacturer, and until a few years before the creation of Bimota, also motorcycles. Massimo Tamburini is a motorcycle designer has also worked for Cagiva, Ducati and MV Agusta.

bimota logo

bimota logo

Taking Japanese engines and creating their own chassis, creating short series Bimota motorcycles built by hand, with excellent performance in the cycle and high reliability and power in their engines. The name Bimota models follows a very simple pattern, two letters and one number. The second letter is always a B, Bimota, while the first changes depending on where the engine used, so it can be B BMW, D Ducati, G Gilera, H Honda, K Kawasaki, S Suzuki or Y Yamaha. Finally, the number indicates the number of models that have been created using that combination. For example, a Bimota SB6 1994, used a Suzuki engine, and was the sixth time an engine is used that mark in a Bimota chassis. More

Triumph Motorcycles Logo

Triumph Motorcycles Logo – Triumph Motorcycles is a brand of a motorcycle manufacturer in the United Kingdom. Direct descendant of Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, established in 1902. When it entered into recession in 1983, John Bloor bought the rights and image of the brand, and re-founded the company as Bonneville Coventry Ltd but eventually the name Triumph Motorcycles Ltd.

triumph motorcycle logo

triumph motorcycle logo

Due to the rise and success of Japanese motorcycle sales and number of problems to keep factories open that caused many strikes and even the British government intervention in the form of financial assistance throughout the 70’s, the company Triumph Engineering Co Ltd decided take the closure in 1983. Immediately, businessman John Bloor decide to buy the rights to the brand and its image to reestablish the company. More

Dacia logo

Dacia logo — Dacia is one of Renault-Nissan belonging to Romanian car manufacturer . Dacia is the former brand name and today’s brands and corporate name of Romanian car manufacturer UAP in Pitesti (EAP is the acronym for Uzina de Autoturisme Piteşti translated Pitesti car factory ). The name of Dacia is a reference to the history of Romania as a Roman province of Dacia (Latin: Dacia). As the original trademark was used with a shield emblem in the upper part of standing acronym UAP , including one in the box standing on rocks and the sprawling wing eagle.

dacia logo

dacia logo

In Western Europe were the less common from 1975 to 8th December 2006 produced and on the body of the Dacia 1300-based utility vehicles with open cargo space: Dacia Pick-up , Dacia Drop Side and Dacia Double Cab, the vehicles were in the final construction period from 2004 to 2006 equipped with diesel engines from Renault and possessed either a electro-pneumatically selectable four-wheel drive . The drop-side was equipped with a short, two-seat cabin and an extra-wide cargo area with fold-down side panels. The Pick-Up had a two-seat cabin and a cargo area with rear door. The Double Cab had an extended cab and was approved for five people, the rear cargo area was correspondingly shorter. In 31 years of production at about 320,000 vehicles of this type were produced. The production was set to expand to include economically much more lucrative production of the Dacia Logan (about 150,000 vehicles in 2006) can. The sales of this model is handled by the Renault dealer. More

Alpina Logo

Alpina Logo — Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH is a manufacturer Bavarian of cars based in Buchloe , in the district German of Ostallgäu . Although Alpina vehicles have their own chassis number, for many the factory is just a company of tuning . This is because its range of products based on models from BMW that will provide the chassis and bodies, which brings an increase in exclusivity in terms of sport and luxury.

Alpina Logo

Alpina Logo

In 1985 Alpina equips all of its production with metal catalysts rather than ceramic, becoming the first manufacturer to use only metal catalysts, quite some years before other manufacturers of top flight. In 1987 the competition again, this time in the DTM with the BMW Alpina M3 Group A, showing their commitment to the environment, are the first to install metal catalysts in racing cars. Despite getting victories, the team withdrew in 1988 due to capacity problems in the company, which re-prioritize development of cars on the street. More