Antonio Lago

Italian automotive engineer (1893-1960) Date Of Birth : 1893-03-28T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1960-12-01T00:00:00Z

Antonio Franco Lago (Venice, 28 March 1893 – Paris, 1 December 1960) was an Italian engineer and motor-industry entrepreneur. In 1936 he bought Automobiles Talbot S.A. from his employers, the collapsed Anglo-French S.T.D. Motors combine, and founded the motor-racing marque Talbot-Lago.
The French government awarded him the Legion d’Honneur for the glory he brought to France.

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