June 26th, 2009 by admin

Car : Isotta-Fraschini Tipo 8
Year : 1920
Engine : 8 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :85×130 mm
Cylinder capacity : 5898 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power : 80
Maximum speed : 87 mph
Wheelbase :11 ft 2½ ins (3.41 m) or 12 ft 1 ins (3.68 m)
Suspension : front: semi-elliptic leaf- springs ;
rear : semi-elliptic leaf- springs and hydraulic shock-absorbers

Car : Isotta-Fraschini OC 5
Year : 1914
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :100×140 mm
Cylinder capacity : 4398 cc
Gears : 4 forward
Brake horse power : 36
Maximum speed : 47 mph
Wheelbase :10 ft 4½ ins (3.16 m) or 10 ft 8½ ins (3.26 m)
Suspension : front: semi-elliptic leaf- springs ; rear : ¾elliptic leaf- springs
Isotta-Fraschini made a name for itself in the field of military equipment with engines for airplanes and naval vessels. When much later it was forced to abandon car production because of poor management it turned to trucks, using German M.A.N. engines.

Cattaneo left and design was entrusted to Giuseppe Merosi, who was already known for the work he had done at Bianchi, A.L.F.A. and Alfa Romeo. Shortly after the Second World War it again took an interest in cars with a model that had a rear-mounted 8-cylinder engine. It was called the Monterosa after the name of the street where Isotta had had its factory since 1906. As well as being rear-mounted the engine’s V-8 layout was another feature of this car. Prototypes of the Monterosa were built and Caproni, which from 1935 was the majority shareholder in Isotta-Fraschini, proposed to manufacture them but nothing developed from the proposal.