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Ghia Aigle, Ghia-Aigle, Ghia-Aigle Suisse, Ghia Suisse
30/04/1948 Carrosserie Ghia S.A., Aigle
Route du Simplon (corner Chemin de Marjolin), Aigle/VD (CH) (aerial view; today: Route D´Ollon)
30/04/1948 inscription to the local
register of Aigle (Waadt, CH) (registre du commerce Aigle no. 51)
president:
Paul Genet, Aigle (CH), an automobile and motorsports enthusiast;
directors:
Edouard Monney, Aigle (CH); engineer and industrialist Pierre-Paul
Filippi, Rivoli Torinese (I). Filippi was also owner of other companies including
the soap factory Saponificio Vero in the Piemont
(Günther
1984a, b, 1989a
and Günther
et al. 1992 wrongly report the founder as the physician Dr. Pierre-Paul
Philippi from Turin)
1948–1951 Design by Mario Felice Boano and Giovanni Michelotti and production by Ghia, Turin (I) (Moretti 1991)
01/12/1948 first advertisement of Karosserie Ghia S.A, Aigle in Automobil
Revue (Nr. 51, p. 20): “Lizenz der Modelle GHIA S.A., TURIN”
According to Jean-Claude Oguey, Aigle (CH) (administrator
until 1981; interviews with Lutz Montowski and Dieter Günther: Günther
1984a, b, 1989a, Günther
et al. 1992) Filippi asked Carrozzeria Ghia
in Turin for the right to use the name Ghia for his independent company.
1951–1957 Design by Giovanni Michelotti
(1951) Ferrari concessionaire (Massini 1990: p. 41)
1953 Ghia-Aigle independent from Ghia, Turin (Moretti 1991)
18/09/1954 Relocation from Aigle to Lugano
Via Monte Boglia 50, Lugano/TI (CH) (today renumbered to Via Monte Boglia 3; building since 1971 used by Garage Molino Nuovo, Adelino Pin)
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(1954) Manager Edouard Monney
1955 visit by the journalist Eberhardt Seifert (Seifert 1955, 1957)
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1957–1960 (?) Design by Pietro Frua
Route du Simplon (corner Chemin de Marjolin), Aigle/VD (CH) (aerial view; today: Route D´Ollon)
1960–1988 repairs, ambulances, removal vans and other commercial transformations
e.g. 1962
Tempo Matador
I removal van
01–11/10/1970 Carrosserie Nervocar S.A., Aigle (CH): Präsentation des Fiat 238 Fourgon Isotherme at the 57. Salon de l´Auto in Paris (F)
15/03/1973
president: Paul Genet, vice president: Pierre-Paul Filippi (sole signatory),
secretary: Michel Dubuis
14/07/1977 president: Charles Reitzel, vice president:
Rémy Besmo (?), secretary: Pierre Jaquenod, administration: Pierre-Paul Filippi
(sole signatory), Michel Dubuis
11/11/1981 Relocation in Aigle
Chemin de Marjolin, Aigle/VD (CH) (vis-à-vis 1st company building in Aigle)
11/11/1981 Inscription of Ghia S.A. to the local register
of Aigle (CH) (registre du commerce Aigle no. 660)
with address change to
Chemin de Marjolin (= same place like Carrosserie Ghia S.A.)
president: Claud
Pilet (sole signatory), vice president: Francis Moyard, secretary: Jean-François
Besson, administration: Jean-Claude Oguey, Pierre-Paul Filippi
19/10/1981 Carrosserie Ghia S.A. in liquidation; liquidator:
Charles Reitzel (sole signatory)
09/05/1984 liquidation of Carrosserie
Ghia S.A.
31/10/1988 Ghia S.A. closed (Montowski 1989)
1991 2nd company building in Aigle bought by Jean Dionisotti (Auto-Line Engineering), Aigle (CH) (Gloor 1991); incl. Ghia Aigle archive (Angelo Tito Anselmi, pers. comm. 30/04/2005; Anselmi & Massini 2006)
28/10/1998 Carrosserie
Nervocar S.A. in liquidation (www.moneyhouse.ch)
25/09/1999 liquidation of Carrosserie
Nervocar S.A. (www.moneyhouse.ch)
06/03/2005 1st Company building in Aigle still existant
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10/08/2005 Fotos Laurent Missbauer, Fribourg (CH)
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2nd company building today rented by Jacques R. de Wurstemberger (Fondation Hervé) for his automobile collection
06/03/2005 2nd company building (in the background right) |
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09/20/2010 1st company building demolished, new building in construction
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