Fiat Rooftop Test Track Turin

Construction started in 1916 and the building opened in 1923.

Fiat rooftop test track turin.

The rooftop track was retained and can still be visited today on the top floor. In turin italy the fiat car factory has a rooftop test track. The fiat factory in turin that has a test track on the roof this is the old fiat factory test track on top of a building in turin italy wikimedia commons 13 june 2019 tom beck. Fiat rooftop test track see 366 traveler reviews 188 candid photos and great deals for turin italy at tripadvisor.

Unlike any other automobile factory to date the factory featured a. The design by young architect matté trucco was unusual in that it had five floors with raw materials going in at the ground floor and cars built on a line that went up through the building. A vespa racing event on the roof of lingotto s fiat factory organized by red bull in 2011. 8 gallery lingotto torino.

The building is also featured in the fourth episode of the 20th season of the amazing race originally aired in the us on march 11. A clip from the programme about factory production line workers. The original lingotto rooftop test track features briefly in the getaway sequence in the film the italian job 1969. A vespa racing event on the roof of lingotto s fiat factory organized by red bull in 2011.

The track featured is a real race track built on the roof of a fiat factory that opened in turin s ligotto district in 1923. The lingotto building in turin italy once housed a fiat factory. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level to go onto the test track. The factory s assembly line began at the ground floor and ended on the.

Lingotto is the site of the oval lingotto the speed skating venue for the 2006 winter olympics. 8 gallery lingotto torino.