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Prinetti & Stucchi

Italian manufacturing company

Prinetti & Stucchi, later Stucchi & Co., was an Italian maker of sewing machines, bicycles and motorized vehicles, established in Milan in 1883. It was owned by engineers and politicians Augusto Stucchi and Giulio Prinetti (1851–1908).2 It ceased to exist in 1926.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1874Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • Founded inMilan1

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Prinetti & Stucchi 1899
Photo: Buch-t, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Prinetti & Stucchi, later Stucchi & Co., was an Italian maker of sewing machines, bicycles and motorized vehicles, established in Milan in 1883. It was owned by engineers and politicians Augusto Stucchi and Giulio Prinetti (1851–1908).2

Products and brands

Cycle manufacture

In 1892 Stucchi Prinetti & Stucchi began manufacturing bicycles.

In 1914 Alfonso Calzolari rode a Stucchi to victory in the Giro d'Italia, and the 1919 Giro d'Italia was won by Costante Girardengo on a Stucchi.

Motor manufacture

In 1899 Prinetti & Stucchi started manufacturing motorized tricycles and quadricycles. The Tipo 1, a motorized tricycle utilizing two De Dion engines and a Rochet-Schneider frame, was designed by Ettore Bugatti. In 1900 Bugatti participated in the Targa Rignano in a quadricycle.

As appears in the magazine "El Fígaro" on September 3, In 1899, the first motorcycle entered Havana, Cuba. A Prinetti & Stucchi brand tricycle. I had a benzine engine, Prinetti patent, design simple, easy to maneuver, based on a frame that joined the three wheels or support points; its engine was placed in the center of gravity, looking this one that made it a stable motorcycle on any type of surface. At those moments the French-made DeDion Bouton engine, led the motorized market.

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In 1901 the company was renamed Stucchi & Co. when Giulio Prinetti left to become Italian minister of foreign affairs 1901-03.

The reorganisation also triggered Ettore Bugatti's emigration to France where he established the Bugatti car works.

Automobile production stopped in 1906.

From Wikipedia’s article on Prinetti & Stucchi, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1926Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1874Founded Founded in Milan1

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