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  1. Speedmade

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    #1 Speedmade, Nov 10, 2010
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    I found this as a verification question on an Italian car forum. Maybe I'm a pinhead, but I'm at a loss. Anyone know?


    What's the family name of Carlo, the grand car-manufacturer?:
     
  2. pantera1973

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    #2 pantera1973, Nov 10, 2010
    Bugatti.

    Carlo was Ettore Bugatti’s father.
     
  3. Miltonian

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    #3 Miltonian, Nov 10, 2010
    Since Bugatti is French, I don't think that's the right answer on an Italian car website.

    The answer is probably Abarth, which is an Italian car company, although Carlo (Karl) Abarth was Austrian by birth.
     
  4. lmunz22

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    #4 lmunz22, Nov 10, 2010
    I'd have to second Bugatti. Italian forums can still admit to the existence of lesser manufacturers of the world.
     
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    #5 8339, Nov 11, 2010
    Ettore Bugatti was born in Brescia Italy. In fact his whole family was born and raised in Italy.
     
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    #6 GrigioGuy, Nov 11, 2010
    The first Bugatti revival actually *was* an Italian car.
     
  7. Speedmade

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    #7 Speedmade, Nov 11, 2010
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    OK, so maybe not an Italian car site, but it's an Abarth forum.

    But, I have tried "Bugatti", "Maserati", and even jokingly tried "Monte" and "Ferrari", but the site won't accept any of those answers.

    http://www.abarth-gmr.be/forum/index.php?action=register
     
  8. Miltonian

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    #8 Miltonian, Nov 11, 2010
    Carlo Abarth's parents were Karl Anton Abarth and Dora Taussig. I think they just want you to type in "Abarth", so they know you're a real person.
     
  9. italiancars

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    #9 italiancars, Nov 11, 2010
    Ettore Bugatti was an Italian who built cars in occupied Germany.
     
  10. 308nut

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    #10 308nut, Nov 12, 2010
    I registered with Abarth no problem



    Wade
     
  11. Speedmade

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    #11 Speedmade, Nov 12, 2010
    I finally got it to work. I had tried Abarth before, but I mistook another error for an incorrect answer.

    Cool site though.
     
  12. Il Vecchio

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    #12 Il Vecchio, Nov 29, 2010
    Sorry, however Molsheim was and is in France.
     
  13. Merak1974

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    #13 Merak1974, Nov 30, 2010
    Molsheim is in Alsace, which was part of Germany until 1918 (1871-1918), and since Bugatti was established in 1909, Bugatti was actually originally a German company...
     
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    #14 ferrari 512 tr, Dec 5, 2010
    Finally someone who understands

    Thanks for that answer

    very much appreciated
     
  15. ferrari 512 tr

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    #15 ferrari 512 tr, Dec 5, 2010
    as was Napoleone
     
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    #16 classic308, Dec 7, 2010
    si e vero...
     

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