Speaking of the brand Alfa Romeo, the iconic four-leaf clover is definitely a topic that everyone can't finish talking about. The reason why four-leaf clover can become another iconic logo after Alfa Romeo is related to one person, that is Ugo? Siwoch.
1920, Hugo joined Alfa Romeo. As the top driver at that time, Ugo was definitely the top driver at that time in terms of technology and experience. However, Hugo was unlucky on the field, and often came second for various reasons and failed to win the championship.
For luck, Hugo sprayed the lucky four-leaf clover on his racing car and prayed for good luck. After spraying the four-leaf clover, Ugo triumphed all the way and won one championship after another. So at that time, four drivers of Alfa Romeo team sprayed four-leaf clover on their cars, and the four-leaf clover became another important symbol of Alfa Romeo.
It can be clearly seen that Alfa Romeo's four-leaf clover logo used to be a diamond-shaped white background, but now it is a triangular white background. This is because1September 8, 923, Ugo? Testing Alfa Romeo's new car P 1 in Monza, unfortunately, Ugo? Killed in the test.
In order to commemorate Ugo, Alfa Romeo cut off a corner of the diamond-shaped white shading under the original four-leaf clover and turned it into a triangle. Now there is a triangular white four-leaf clover logo as the logo of Alfa Romeo's racing department. After the war, the four-leaf clover logo began to be used in high-performance civilian vehicles, so the four-leaf clover logo can be seen on the front fender of Alfa Romeo high-performance vehicles.
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