Gioacchino Colombo[1] (1903 - 1987) was an italian automobile engine designer. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) An engine is a mechanical device that produces some form of output from a given input
Colombo was born in Legnano. Legnano is a town in the north-west of Lombardy, situated on the flat lands of the Po Valley between Milan and Lake Maggiore, straddling the little He began work as an apprentice to the great Vittorio Jano at Alfa Romeo. Vittorio Jano (János Viktor 22 April 1891 &ndash 13 March 1965) was an Italian Automobile designer of Hungarian Alfa Romeo Automobiles SpA is an Italian Automaker founded in 1910 In 1937, Colombo designed the 158 engine for the Alfetta and caught the attention of Enzo Ferrari. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Alfa Romeo 158/159, also known as the Alfetta ( Little Alfa in Italian is one of the most successful racing cars ever produced Enzo Anselmo "the Commendatore" Ferrari ( February 20, 1898 &ndash August 14, 1988) was an Italian car driver and entrepreneur After World War II, Ferrari asked Colombo to design a small V12 for use in the new Ferrari marque's racing and road cars. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including V12 redirects here For the V12 Training program see V-12 Navy College Training Program. Ferrari SpA is an Italian Sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy A marque ( French for "brand" ˈmɑrk is a Brand name especially in the Automobile industry
Colombo's great work for Ferrari was a tiny 1. 5 L V12, first used in the 166 sports cars. A sports car is a term used to describe a class of Automobile. This engine, known in Ferrari circles as the "Colombo engine", was produced for road cars and endurance racing cars for more than 15 years in displacements up to 3. 125 The first homegrown Ferrari engine was the 125. First appearing May 11, 1947 under the hood of Ferrari's 125 S sports racer 3 L. These included the famed 3. 0 L Ferrari 250 racing, sports, and GT cars. The Ferrari 250 is a series of Sports cars built by Ferrari from the 1950s and early 1960s
Sadly, Colombo's engine was not as successful in Formula One racing. After stunning early success in the 166, the engine was supercharged for use in Formula 1 but failed to perform well. In Theoretical physics, a supercharge is a generator of Supersymmetry transformations Ferrari hedged his bets, as he often did, by bringing on competing designer Aurelio Lampredi to create a large naturally-aspirated V12, which replaced Colombo's. Aurelio Lampredi ( June 16, 1917 in Livorno - June 1, 1989 in Livorno) was an Italian Automobile and A naturally-aspirated engine or normally-aspirated engine (or "N/A" - Aspiration meaning breathing refers to an Internal combustion engine Later, Colombo's former mentor, Vittorio Jano, came to Ferrari and displaced the work of both men.
Colombo left Ferrari in 1950 and returned to Alfa Romeo. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alfa Romeo Automobiles SpA is an Italian Automaker founded in 1910 Here, he oversaw the company's racing efforts, including the success that year of Nino Farina and, in 1951, Juan-Manuel Fangio. Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina ( October 30 1906 - June 30, 1966) was an Italian Racing driver. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Juan Manuel Fangio ( Balcarce, June 24, 1911 - Buenos Aires, July 17, 1995) nicknamed "El Chueco" ("knock-kneed"
In 1953, Colombo turned to Maserati and created the 250F Grand Prix car. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and Sports cars established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The Maserati 250F (first raced January 1954 - last raced November 1960 was a racing car made by Maserati of Italy, used in '2 Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894 Two years later, Colombo headed to newly-restarted Bugatti to work on the 251. Bugatti was founded in Molsheim, France, as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian Bugatti created a number of prototype vehicles which never reached full production He then worked for MV Agusta in 1957-1970. MV Agusta is a Motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1945 near Milan in Cascina Costa Italy. [2]
Colombo died in Milan in 1987.
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- ^ Spelled alternatingly as «Gioachino»
- ^ Prottegisti in Ferrari
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