Gianni Agnelli

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.

And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their read more

And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan.

The factories were heavily bombed, but practically the construction work had been redone very quickly.

The factories were heavily bombed, but practically the construction work had been redone very quickly.

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.