Gianni Agnelli

Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic read more

Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern industrial cities had been bombed heavily and we had political disorder before 1948.

All the technology of our production was still pre-War. They were sort of '38, '39 and the War had been read more

All the technology of our production was still pre-War. They were sort of '38, '39 and the War had been stable and so we were infinitely behind whatever had been going on in the United States for instance.

Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist read more

Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside Soviet Union, there's no doubt about that.

I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but read more

I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery.

Now between '45 and '48, things would change enormously, 'cos we'd had credit in United States, credit from the Bank read more

Now between '45 and '48, things would change enormously, 'cos we'd had credit in United States, credit from the Bank of America, credit from the Import-Export Bank and people had started working again.