Carrozzeria Castagna

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Carrozzeria Castagna S.r.l.
Type S.r.l. (Limited Company)
Founded Milan, Italy (1849)
Headquarters Milan, Italy
Key people Carlo Castagna (Founder)
Industry Automotive
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 made first coach to automobile with combustion engine (Benz quadricycle). Later the company worked with companies like: Alfa Romeo, Lancia , Mercedes-Benz, Isotta Fraschini and Duesenberg.[1] The original company ceased in 1954 and later the famous name has been revived twice in the 1990s.[2]

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

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  1. ^ a b 12.03.2006 Carrozzeria Castagna. italiaspeed.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  2. ^ Carrozzeria Castagna S.r.l.. globalautoindex.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.

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