Automobile Club d'Italia

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The Automobile Club d'Italia (usually known by its acronym ACI) is a not-for-profit statutory corporation of the Italian Republic. The club originated through the efforts of Count Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia as the "Automobile Club of Turin" founded in Turin on 6 December 1898. [1] [2] It first became a national association in 1905 when it joined together with other local automotive clubs. In 1927 the corporate body was formed by royal decree, [3] with the task of promoting and regulating the car sector and to represent car owners' interests in the country. [4]

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The corporation was called the Reale Automobile Club d'Italia (RACI, or "Royal Automobile Club of Italy") until 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, and it dropped the royal appellation. [4]

In 2014 the Italian parliament attempted to end official financial support for the ACI, by eliminating the "public automobile register" (PRA) fees administered by the ACI, and merging the functions into the Motorizzazione (motor vehicle agency under the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport). The ACI successfully avoided its dissolution. [5] [6]

Competition oversight

The Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (CSAI) was the internal commission of the ACI that regulated Italian autosports competitions, in conjunction with CONI and the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI) of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). [7] In 1993 CSI (then known as FISA) was reintegrated into FIA; similarly in 2012 CSAI was reintegrated into ACI.

Races are now regulated under the FIA and ACI cognomen "ACI Sport". [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "La storia: L' Automobile Club Torino" (in Italian). Automobile Club d'Italia. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  2. ↑ Fitzgerald, Craig (August 2009). "Lancia: Variations on the same theme". Hemmings Sports and Exotics. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  3. ↑ Victor Emmanuel III. "Regio Decreto-Legge 15 marzo 1927, n. 436" (in Italian). Portale Normattiva. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  4. 1 2 Villafrate, Annamaria (29 April 2020). "Cos'è l'Aci" (in Italian). Studio Cataldi. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  5. ↑ "Ecco come il governo è riuscito a salvare il carrozzone Aci dal tracollo" [Here's how the government saved the ACI's gravy train from collapse]. Espresso (in Italian). 24 April 2014.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ Statera, Alberto (10 November 2014). "Oltre il Giardino" [Beyond the Garden]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-09-05. La lobby più forte d'Italia è quella dell'Aci.[The strongest lobby in Italy is the ACI.]
  7. ↑ Annuario Sportivo Automobilistico 1971 (in Italian). Rome: Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana, Automobile Club d'Italia. 1971.[ page needed ]
  8. ↑ "ACI Sport" (in Italian). Direzione Sport Automobilistico e Relazioni Internazionali. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  9. ↑ "ACI Sport" (in Italian). Automobile Club d'Italia. September 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-05.


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