Fiat The Secrets of an Epoch
This book is an authentic historical document, supported by extensive analytical information, in which former Fiat top manager Giorgio Garuzzo passionately recounts his experience within Fiat between 1976 and 1996. It is a narrative from the inside that s
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The Secrets of an Epoch Foreword by Alan Friedman
Fiat
Giorgio Garuzzo
Fiat The Secrets of an Epoch Foreword by Alan Friedman
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Giorgio Garuzzo Torino Italy
Translation by Alastair McEwen from the Italian language edition: Fiat—I segreti di un’epoca by Giorgio Garuzzo, © Fazi Editore 2006 ISBN 978-3-319-04782-9 ISBN 978-3-319-04783-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04783-6 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014934128 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Vittorio Valletta1 and his men piloted Fiat with extraordinary ability through the 1950s and the first half of the 1960s, both participants and originators of the boom of those years. And, in the collective imagination, an aura grew up around Fiat that was consigned to the memory of the nation and thus immortalized forever: every one of those years can be commemorated through a car, a celebrity, an event, an image, a film, or a place that brings us back to the Turin-based industrial Group. It is a photographic gallery of the nation’s memory: the Seicento, then the Cinquecento, the so-called allievi, literally “trainees” (the forerunners of the quadri2), the workforce and secure job
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