FIAM Automobiles

FIAM Automobiles S.p.A is an Italian luxury car manufacturer based in Lombardy, Italy. Founded as F.I.A.M (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Milano) on 11 September, 1910, in Milan, the company was started up by the Pecora brothers and began to compete in the Mille Miglia a year later. A FIAM car only successfully won the Mille Miglia once, in 1923, with the Nicola SV.

History
The company initially produced hand-built luxury cars in a period where only the richest could own cars. With the beginning of the 1914 World War, the company produced aeroplane engines for the Italian and Allied armies.

Prior to the Second World War in 1939, the company was sold to the Italian fascist government when the Pecora brothers went bankrupt in order to produce engines for Italian and Nazi planes under Benito Mussolini.

The company was re-sold to Giacomo Pecora in 1946 following the war, however the company initially struggled with American manufacturers dominating the car market with their mass production techniques.

In the early to late 1950s, FIAM were actively involved in Formula A amassing a total of 11 victories in it's period. From the 1960s to the early 1980s, FIAM changed focus towards rally and touring car racing, and took several championships through this period including a solitary World Rally Championship in 1968 and a range of touring car championships both nationally and internationally. They had a brief return to Formula A, however stagnant results resulted in the team being sold off.

The company have continued to produce cars for touring car racing throughout the 21st century, and in 2014 they officially entered popular stock car series, the Dash Cup, with a FIAM Cinque. Giuseppe Marchetti took their first victory in that year in the Netherlands. They also built the initial version of Alessandro Rossini's Rossini Scarfiotti 312T which later became the Tutino T13. At present they also produce cars for the EuroV8 Cup and engines for Formula C and the Auto3000 Series.