Alato

Alato was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer established in Turin by brothers Filio Gosio and Giulio Gosio. The company operated during the early development of Italy's motorcycle industry, manufacturing motorcycles from 1923 to 1925. Its known motorcycle was powered by a 131 cc two-stroke engine. The available historical record identifies Alato primarily through its brief production period, Turin base, founders, and small-displacement two-stroke design. No reliable information is available in the cited reference about production volumes, distribution beyond Italy, commercial performance, model range, racing activity, ownership changes, or the precise reason the manufacturer ceased operations. Alato is therefore best understood as a short-lived historical Italian motorcycle marque rather than a continuing consumer brand.

Alato emerged in Turin in 1923, when brothers Filio Gosio and Giulio Gosio established the motorcycle manufacturer. Its creation placed the company within Italy's expanding interwar motorcycle sector, which included numerous small producers serving demand for relatively affordable and mechanically simple powered two-wheelers. The surviving reference material provides no detailed account of the founders' earlier activities, the company's manufacturing facilities, its workforce, or its financial structure. The manufacturer is associated with a 131 cc two-stroke motorcycle. This engine configuration placed Alato in the lightweight segment of the market and reflected the practical engineering priorities common among small motorcycle makers of the period. The available record does not identify multiple model names, body styles, technical revisions, production quantities, racing successes, export markets, or dealer networks. Accordingly, the 131 cc machine is the principal documented product connected with the Alato name. Alato's manufacturing activity lasted from 1923 to 1925. The company therefore had only a brief commercial existence of approximately two years. No reliable source cited here explains whether its closure resulted from weak demand, competition, financing difficulties, production constraints, or another factor. There is also no documented evidence in the supplied material of a successor company, acquisition, continuing trademark use, or revival. Alato is consequently treated as a defunct Italian motorcycle manufacturer whose historical importance rests on its place among the many small motorcycle producers active in Italy during the early twentieth century.

• 1925

  Manufacturing ends

  [1]Alatoen.wikipedia.org

  Alato's documented operating period ends after approximately two years of motorcycle production.

• 1923

  Alato is established in Turin

  [1]Alatoen.wikipedia.org

  Brothers Filio Gosio and Giulio Gosio establish the Alato motorcycle manufacturing business in Turin, Italy.

• 1923

  Production of a 131 cc two-stroke motorcycle

  [1]Alatoen.wikipedia.org

  Alato is associated with a motorcycle powered by a 131 cc two-stroke engine.

A short-lived Italian motorcycle marque focused on a lightweight 131 cc two-stroke motorcycle.

• Motorcycle · 1923

  Alato 131 cc motorcycle

  The principal documented Alato product was a motorcycle fitted with a 131 cc two-stroke engine. The available historical source does not provide a formal model designation or further specifications such as frame layout, transmission, performance, production volume, or equipment. It represents the lightweight motorcycle offering associated with the marque during its short operating period in the 1920s.

1. 1Alatoen.wikipedia.org