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Lampredi's fame brought him to Ferrari in 1946 where he designed a large 4.5 L V12 (the " Lampredi Engine ") which first saw use in 1950 's 257S . Lampredi returned to Isotta-Fraschini in March of 1947 but returned to Ferrari at the beginning of 1948 . Lampredi's engines were used as large Naturally-aspirated alternatives to the diminutive Gioacchino Colombo -designed V12s used in most Ferrari cars until that time. Especially after the failure of Colombo's supercharged engine in Formula 1 , Lampredi's design began to find favor in the company. Lampredi oversaw Ferrari's racing effort during its early success in 1952 and 1953 . Lampredi's work at Ferrari ended permanently in 1955 when Ferrari bought Lancia 's racing team and famed engine designer Vittorio Jano , formerly of Alfa Romeo . Though Lampredi's engine designs lived on in Ferrari road cars, Jano's V6 and V8 engines quickly replaced Lampredi's large V12s for racing use. After Ferrari, Lampredi went to Fiat , where he oversaw that company's engine design efforts until 1977 . It was at Fiat where he designed the Fiat Twin-Cam engine, which was the staple engine of the carmaker for over 32 years. He was also made manager of Fiat's Abarth factory racing group from 1973 through 1982 . |
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