Beneventi S.p.A
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Beneventi S.p.A., usually known simply as Beneventi is an Italian automobile company, which specialized in car styling, coachbuilding and manufacturing. Founded in 1967 by former Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Lancia engineer Duccio Beneventi. This company later merged with Gotti Escuti to become. The company is a manufacturer of niche, bespoke and limited production of vehicles and has been involved in car racing since the 1970s. It is based in Genoa, Northern Italy.
Overview
Founded
Genoa, Italy, November 12, 1967
Founder
Duccio Beneventi
Key people
Mariano Romano (CEO/President)
Number of Employees
1,107
Website
beneventicars.com
Current Models
(2016–present)
In Production
(2017–present)
In Production
(2017–present)
In Production
(2017–present)
In Production
Model Comparision
Historical Models
Prolusio
(1967–1978)
Out of Production
Viato
(1974–1986)
Out of Production
Mansio
(1976–1989)
Out of Production
Cito
(1992–1999)
Out of Production
Bellisa
(1995–2005)
Out of Production
Reficio
(2000–2005)
Out of Production
Genocia
(2005–2016)
Out of Production
History
Founded in 1967 by former Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Lancia engineer Duccio Beneventi. The company is a manufacturer of sports cars and has been involved in car racing since the 1970s. It is based in Genoa, Northern Italy. (Genua is the antique Latin for Genoa.)
Duccio Beneventi was born in Genoa, Italy in 1927. His father was a rich landowner who came from a family with strong roots in Liguria and the city of Genoa.
Beneventi graduated as an engineer at the University of Genoa in 1951. He then joined Alfa Romeo in 1952. He worked for Alfa Romeo from 1952 to 1955. His contributed some development work on the Alfa Romeo Giulietta. He began working for Ferrari in 1956, eventually working on experimental car development. He worked at Ferrari as a developer, designer, and engineer for five years. His work there helped the development of some of the brand’s iconic models such as the Ferrari 250 GT SWB and the Ferrari 250 GTO.
Beneventi was fired by Ferrari during the “palace revolt” of 1961. He managed to get a job with Lancia where he helped develop the Lancia Flaminia and later the Lancia Flavia. Duccio appreciated the companies drive for innovation, constant quest for excellence, and fixation of quality products. He worked as a designer, and engineer with the company for seven years.
Beneventi left in 1967 and founded Beneventi Automobili S.p.A, with a number of former staff from Žnopresk, Ferrari, Lancia and Alfa Romeo. It produced some 140 cars through 1970 at its Genoa factory. Duccio Beneventi was a dedicated race car designer and builder. It was his desire to build race cars along with high-quality GT cars and he even had plans for production of some family transportation cars. Biy Beneventi had mixed success in racing.
The company due to its small size has often worked together with larger companies both as bespoke coachbuilder and designer. More recently one of the companies more successful models was the GBF Cito a mid-engined, V10 sports car which represented a revolutionary shift in styling when the concept was debut at the 57th International Geneva Motor Show in 1987.
It took another five years of development to when the production model went on sale in 1992, the sleek and low drag aerodynamic body shape with hidden headlamps gave the design its distinctive and icon supercar shape. The Cito SR-10 Strada was also significant as the last car that Duccio Beneventi was personally involved in the design and creation process before taking a more senor role in the company.
In recent years Gryphon Gear partnered with the company to create a joint venture project based on the Procurro sports car. This new vehicle developed with a 9L single overhead cam V8 from Gryphon Gear as well a numerous other tuning and engineering changes led to the ‘Short Nose’ Procurro dubbed the Bellua. This new line of vehicles was unveiled at the iconic Goodwood Festival of Speed.