Luigi Storero (18 October 1868 – 1956) was an Italian racecar driver and engineer from

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. He joined his father, Giacomo Storero's company (established 1850), which in 1884 started making bicycles. Luigi Storero was a winner of bicycle races in 1887, and was involved in the selling of foreign makes. A workshop was set up in Corso Valentino. However, he is known mostly for automobile racing. He won the 1898

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in a De Dion Bouton

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. In 1899 he used this car to win

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-Verona. Along his hometown friends

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and

Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia Count, Conte Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia (24 August 1879 in Torino – 7 September 1959 in Ripafratta, San Giuliano Terme near Pisa) was an Italian artist, industrial designer, journalist and automobile enthusiast. He was the son of Roberto Biscaret ...

, Luigi Storero raced his own make, the ''Phénix'' 1.75HP tricycle; he won the 1899

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-Cremona-Borga-Cremona race. Among the engineers in Storero's workshop was the very young apprentice

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. Driving Agnelli's

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12HP, Storero won the ''

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Sprint'' in 1901 and the Targa Rignano 1902. In 1905 he established the ''Società garage Ruiniti Fiat-Alberti-Storero'', a Fiat garage that was taken over by Fiat in 1908. He left in 1910 and established the Storero Fabbrica Automibili carmaker in via Madame Cristina, active in the period 1912–19.article and pictures
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Italian racing drivers Italian automotive pioneers 1868 births 1956 deaths {{Italy-autoracing-bio-stub Racing drivers from Turin