ATS. Unfortunate meteor. The Rarest Brands in the Top 100 Collections

  • 20 January 2023
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When the ATS Tipo 100 Formula 1 car was presented at Hotel Baglioni in Bologna, in the winter between 1962 and 1963, there was a small detail that did not escape the attention of the media and gave everyone an indication of the precariousness of a project that was as ambitious as it was reckless. The engineer Carlo Chiti, who had left Ferrari a few months earlier, while praising his new-born creature, mentioned its compactness and its low drag coefficient.

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