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. — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
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. — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
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… — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
There are men who talk of women and others who talk to them. I don’t talk of them, I prefer talking to them — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as I mentioned before, we… — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
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… — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
Italy in the first years got food, for the first year or the first periods got food. Then we got raw materials and then… — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside Soviet Union,… — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
The factories were heavily bombed, but practically the construction work had been redone very quickly. — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the… — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
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… — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
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… — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
