Giovanni Bertone

Bertone (* 1884 in Mondovi, † May 10, 1972 in Turin ) was an Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Bertone and founder of Turin.

Life

Bertone was born in 1884 as the sixth of seven sons. Pretty soon he left the family farm to complete an apprenticeship as a wheelwright. After he had qualified in this profession for some years he went to Turin and took there several work on in the car manufacturing at Diatto until he got a permanent job a few years later.

In 1912 he founded in Corso Peschiera in Turin, a small company named " Carrozzeria Bertone ," the first service began carriages or manufactured under its own brand name and first time after the end of World War I in 1921 with the production of a vehicle body for the SPA 23S got bigger order. In the meantime, also his second son " Nuccio " came into the world, who joined in 1934 as a designer in the around 50 employees, the company. Together with his father, he built the company to continue and took over after the end of World War II, the company management.

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