Carlo Chiti (19 December 1924 – 7 July 1994) was an Italian racing car and engine designer best known for his long association with Alfa Romeo's racing department. He also worked for Ferrari and was involved in the design of the Ferrari 156 Sharknose car, …

Jul 20, 2021 · Enzo Ferrari thought him vainglorious, but Carlo Chiti had much to be truly proud of. Paul Fearnley portrays a design and engineering genius whose reputation took years to recover from one misstep.

Jul 7, 1994 · Carlo Chiti could be called the father of modern racing. Among his many accomplishments Chiti developed the periscope air intake, the mid-engined race car and the rear spoiler which evolved into today's rear wing.

Dec 31, 2013 · Carlo Chiti was many things: an engineer for Alfa Romeo from 1952 to 1957, Ferrari’s revolutionary chief engineer from 1958-1961, then the ATS chief engineer from 1962-1963. But above all, Carlo Chiti was Autodelta.

Sep 23, 2018 · Chiti was the guy who, impossibly, turned the late post-war Alfas into credible racing and rally cars. He did for the Milanese quadrifoglio what Bruce Springsteen did for New Jersey–first of all, stopped the mocking laughter. Every …

Jul 8, 2024 · Italian car designer Carlo Chiti, who worked with Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and a variety of Formula One teams, was born on July 7, 1924.

Mar 13, 2014 · Carlo Chiti left Autodelta when Alfa Romeo withdrew in 1984, after Fiat took over and found no reason to have two teams in Formula One. He started the Motori Moderni consultancy and produced a V6-turbo engine based on the Alfa Romeo formula one turbo unit.

Carlo Chiti (1924-1994), aeronautic engineer, occupies an important place, not only because of his physical size but above all for his genius and his technical yet human personality. This year is the 60th anniversary of Autodelta, which he founded in Udine in 1963.

Carlo Chiti. After graduating with a degree in aeronautical engineering at the University of Pisa, Chiti joined the Alfa Romeo's experimental department in 1952. His first job was to develop the Alfa Romeo 3000 CM sports car for the 1953 season.

Carlo Chiti was one of the main figures of the Italian motoring world. And he was great in all senses, for his genius, for his pleasant personality, for his humanity and also for his size, almost two metres tall and well over a hundred kilograms.