Giuseppe Busso

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Giuseppe Busso (Turin 1913 - Arese, Milan 2006) was an Alfa Romeo and Ferrari engineer, born in Turin and graduated at industrial engineering. In 1937 he started working for Fiat in aviation engine department. In January 1939 he entered to Alfa Romeo, where he worked under guidance of Ing. Orazio Satta Puliga. Main responsibility was racing car engines. In 1946 he was become technical director for Ferrari and took part of developing Ferrari 125 Sport 1.5 L V12 engine. Busso was back at Alfa in 1948 and worked there until 1977, He was in charge of mechanical engineering for all the Alfa Romeos. He took part in creation of Alfa Romeo 1900 and Giulietta in 1950s. With Giulietta Busso introduced Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine. Other creation was Alfa Romeo V6 engine which was designed in the early 70s and introduced in 1979 Alfa 6.^[1]