 In 1874 the founder’s sons, Giovanni and Battista, began building luxury railway carriages for Compagnie des Wagons Lits et des Grands Express Europeens of Paris who ran the "Orient Express", the "Nord Express", the "Sud Express" and the "Transsibérien" across Russia.In 1905 the grandsons of the founder, Vittorio and Pietro Diatto, believed that motor-vehicle production represented the future for the 'carriage market'.On 12 April 1905, they founded the Società Diatto-A.