Diatto was a great Turin-based industrial plant, which during its best years counted five hundred employees and an annual production of more than 250 cars.
With its racing cars, it obtained more than 500 victories all over the world in only twenty years of racing activity. Its origins date back to 1835, when Guglielmo Diatto opened a cartwright workshop in Turin to build carts and carriages. Then, the Diatto industries, managed by his sons Battista and Giovanni, became one of the biggest manufacturers of railway equipment in Europe. The next generation, Vittorio and Pietro Diatto, with the French partner Adolphe Clément, founded the homonymous car company in 1905.
From 1911, Diatto became a supplier for the Savoy Royal family, who bought as many as 5 cars from the brand. In those years, Diatto was in great expansion and was to become one of the first industrial groups in the Kingdom of Italy. However, decline began at the dawn of the 1930s. After successful models like the 10, the 20, the 30, and racing victories…
…thanks to Alfieri Maserati’s genius…
…the difficult financial situation of the company forced it to limit its production to spare parts, motor compressors and power generators, and to finally close its doors in 1955.
