Isotta-Fraschini

ISOTTA-FRASCHINI (Italy) 1901-1949 Founded by Cesare Isotta and Oreste Fraschini, Isotta-Fraschini built a wide range of models in pre-Great War days, mainly four-cylinder cars up to 11,304cc. A six-cylinder, built in 1908, had 11,939cc. After 1945, the factory tried to return to car manufacture, when Aurelio Lampredi designed in 1948-49 the rear-engined 3400cc Monterosa, which had a 120bhp V8 engine, an up-to-date design which never went into production.