History Of Benelli

Benelli was established in Pesaro, Italy, in 1911. Teresa Benelli, a widow, sank all of the family capital into the business, in the hope that it would offer stable work for her six sons: Giuseppe, Giovanni, Francesco, Filippo, Domenico and Antonio or "Tonino".

In the beginning, it was just the "Benelli Garage" which only repaired cars and motorcycles, but was already able to produce all of the spare parts needed for repairs.

In 1920 the company built its first complete engine in-house, a single-cylinder two-stroke 75 cc model, immediately adapted to a bicycle frame. A year later in 1921, Benelli built its first motorcycle with its own engine which had by then become a 98 cc model.

Benelli is now part of motor Group Qianjiang which is a corporation located in southeast China at Wenling, 480 km from Shanghai, whose 14,000-plus workforce produces more than 1,200,000 powered two-wheelers each year.

Benelli Q.J.is located in Pesaro, Italy where the previous propriety based the facilities, keeping the whole workforce previously working at Benelli s.p.a.

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