Diatto was an Italian manufacturing company founded in 1835 in Turin by Guglielmo Diatto to make 'carriages for wealthy customers'.
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12 Facts About Diatto
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In 1874 Guglielmo's sons, Giovanni and Battista Diatto, began building railway carriages for Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and the Orient Express.
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In 1905 Guglielmo's grandsons, Vittorio and Pietro Diatto, began Diatto-Clement, a cooperative venture making motor-vehicles under license from French manufacturer Clement-Bayard owned by industrialist Adolphe Clement-Bayard.
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Diatto supplied frames to Bugatti which used them for their own race cars.
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Diatto cars were known for their innovative engineering and as early as the 1920s they were equipped with four-wheel brakes and four-speed gearboxes.
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In 1838 Guglielmo Diatto was awarded his first patent for a 'perfected wheel'.
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In 1905 the grandsons of the founder, Vittorio and Pietro Diatto, believed that motor-vehicle production represented the future for the 'carriage market'.
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Diatto-Clement had a workforce of 500 and produced cars with 4 and 6 cylinder engines.
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In 1909 the Diatto brothers bought out Adolphe Clement-Bayard and renamed the company 'Autocostruzioni Diatto'.
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From 1912 onwards Diatto expanded rapidly, becoming one of the top Italian industrial groups.
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Diatto acquired a controlling share of the leading aviation engine manufacturer Gnome et Rhone from 'Weiter and Waugham'.
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