{"id":26676,"date":"2017-03-14T09:59:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T08:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/dubbio-ducati-1953-cucciolo\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T09:55:38","slug":"ducati-1953-cucciolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/ducati-1953-cucciolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducati, 1953, Cucciolo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ducati Cucciolo, 1953, Italy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During WWII years, a designer called\u00a0Aldo Farinelli<\/strong> developed a prototype of an auxiliary engine for a bicycle: the Cucciolo.
\nFarinelli’s project add many advantages compared to the others, the 4-stroke cycle<\/strong> and the 2-speed gearbox<\/strong> to fully exploit the engine power.
\nThe Cucciolo helped SIATA<\/strong> to reopen and produce vehicles already in May 1945, when the new factory was opened on Via Leonardo da Vinci in Turin, built in record time on the older one, damaged by the conflict.
\nAfter the first month of production, it became clear for SIATA that they wouldn’t have managed to keep up with the high number of requests for their Tipo 1<\/em>.
\nThat’s when Ducati<\/strong> comes into the picture. In 1945\u00a0Ducati was already an appreciated company thanks to their radioelectric products and precision mechanics.\u00a0and they decided to expand the business by building the Cucciolo, purchasing the production rights.
\nOn March 1946<\/strong> the first ten Cucciolo Tipo 1 engines were ready, built under “S.I.A.T.A.” concession and unveiled it at the Fiera Campionaria of Milan in September 1946.
\nThanks to a great advertisement, the little engine Ducati bought from\u00a0SIATA <\/strong>became extremely popular and the song\u00a0“vieni con me sul Cucciolo”<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was whistled all over Italy.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n