Augusto Camillo Pietro Monaco (March 15, 1903 - November 4, 1997) was an Italian engineer, best known for his racing cars from the early 1930s.

He was born in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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 where he earned a degree in engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

 before relocating to Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 in the early 1920s, where he made his automobile engineering contributions

• 1927 Monaco-Baudo with Antonio Baudo, a 1-cylinder 500 ccm side-valved engine
• 1932 Nardi-Monaco with Enrico Nardi
  Enrico Nardi
  Enrico Nardi was an Italian racing car driver, engineer and designer.He worked at Lancia between 1929 and 1937 as a truck engineer, racing car driver, and later, advisor to Vincenzo Lancia...
  
  , a front-wheeled 1-cylinder JAP-engine (998 ccm, 65 bhp) nicknamed Chichibio, and winning several hillclimbs
• 1935 Trossi-Monaco with Carlo Felice Trossi
  Carlo Felice Trossi
  Count Carlo Felice Trossi was an Italian racecar driver and auto constructor. During his career, he raced for two teams, Mercedes-Benz and Alfa Romeo. He won the 1947 Italian Grand Prix and the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix...
  
  , a 16-cylinder (250 bhp, 3982 ccm) racecar, never winning anything due to an unsuitable 75/25 weight distribution.

Since then he declined an offer to join Fiat

Fiat

FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...

, and among several engineering projects, was involved in developing synthetic diamond

Synthetic diamond

Synthetic diamond is diamond produced in a technological process; as opposed to natural diamond, which is created in geological processes. Synthetic diamond is also widely known as HPHT diamond or CVD diamond, denoting the production method, High-Pressure High-Temperature synthesis and Chemical...

s, a Swiss-patented invention (1948).
He moved to Livorno

Livorno

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in the early 1960s, where he worked on hydraulic systems until his retirement. He died in Livorno, 1997.