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  1. Gioacchino Colombo [1] (9 January 1903 – 24 April 1988) was an Italian automobile engine designer. Gioacchino Colombo (in the middle) Ferrari 212 2.6 L engine. Colombo's supercharged 125 F1 engine. Biography. Born in Legnano, Colombo began work as an apprentice to Vittorio Jano at Alfa Romeo.

  2. Mar 24, 2020 · If one Italian engine designer stands out, it's Gioacchino Colombo. Colombo, who laid claim to more than 110 different engines and lived through the realization of the Alfetta tipo 158 to the design of the first Ferrari, and created the last racing Bugatti.

  3. Jan 13, 2024 · Born in Milan in 1903, Gioacchino Colombo (above, right) was an Italian engine designer whose resume boasted work at Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Bugatti, MV Agusta, and Ferrari. Colombo joined Alfa...

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  5. Feb 18, 2020 · Gioacchino's Masterpiece: The Ferrari Colombo V12 Engine. Published: 18 Feb 2020, 04:00 UTC • By: Mircea Panait. 41 photos. Photo: Ferrari. Care to guess which is the longest-running engine...

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  6. The Ferrari Colombo Engine was a petrol fueled, water cooled, carburetted 60° V12 engine designed by Gioacchino Colombo and produced in numerous iterations by Italian automaker Ferrari between 1947 and 1988. The maker's first homegrown engine, its linear successor is the Lampredi V12, [1] which it far outlived, the last Lampredi being made in ...

    • 1.5–4.9 L (91.5–299.0 cu in)
    • 60° V12
    • 1947–1988
    • Ferrari
  7. Feb 12, 2010 · We don’t know how much Enzo Ferrari paid Gioacchino Colombo to create his original V12, but whatever it was he certainly got his money’s worth! This first V12 engine helped establish the company as a force to be reckoned with in racing, and launched the Ferrari legend.

  8. Sep 28, 2021 · Gioacchino Colombo’s motor was a masterpiece even by V12 standards, powering the vast majority of Ferrari’s road and sports racing cars from the company inception in the late 1940s to the mid- 1960s.

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