Ugo Zagato was born in 1890 in Gavello, near Bologna. After starting out in the metallurgical industry in Germany, in 1915 he joined the Pomilio aeronautical workshops in Turin. In 1919, he founded Carrozzeria Ugo Zagato & Co., in Milan, bringing aeronautical techniques to the automobile: lightweight structures and aerodynamics. Its bodies, used on Alfa Romeo, Fiat, MG, MG, Abarth, Ferrari and others, are distinguished by their performance and elegance. During the 1930s, they won 8 Mille Miglia, 4 Targa Florio and 4 editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, affirming the Zagato signature on European circuits.

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