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-'''Isotta Fraschini''' is an Italian manufacturing company which produces sea engines and other goods. In the early 20th century it was famous worldwide as a luxury car manufacturer, while later it turned to the production of sea and aircraft engines as well as other goods.
-[[Image:Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8 Sala Phaeton.jpg|thumb|400px|Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8 Sala Phaeton.]]
-==History==
-The name of the firm was created from the two surnames of its founders, [[Cesare Isotta]] and [[Oreste Fraschini]], as '''Società Milanese Automobili Isotta, Fraschini & C.''', on [[January 27]], [[1900]]. The motto was: "Import, sell, repair cars". Prior to establishing their own company in [[1904]], Isotta and Fraschini assembled [[Renault]] automobiles .
-The first automobile bearing this marque featured a four-cylinder engine with an output of  24 hp. The car, rode by [[Vincenzo Fraschini]], appeared in several races. In [[1905]] Isotta-Fraschini gained much notoriety in the race [[Coppa Florio]], where they entered their Tipo D that featured an enormous 17.2 liter 100 hp engine. For a short time in [[1907]] Isotta-Fraschini merged with the French company [[Lorraine-Dietich]].
-The firm started out making race cars and perfected a 100 hp engine that it used to power one of its race cars in 1905. This established the company's reputation and gave its name considerable cachet. In [[1924]] the Type D was one of the first cars in the world to be equipped with a 8-cylinder engine (others included the 1920 Duesenberg model A).
-With the growth of the wealthy middle class in North America in the 1920s, Isotta Fraschini marketed deluxe limousines to the new American aristocracy. Early film stars [[Clara Bow]] and [[Rodolfo Valentino]] drove Isotta Fraschinis. An 1929 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castagna Transformable is featured in the famous 1950's film ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]''.
-Seriously affected by the economic crisis of the 1930s and by the disruptions of World War II, Isotta-Fraschini stopped making cars after the war. The last model, the Monterosa, was produced in only 5 units. The plants were converted to produce marine engines.
-==Today==
-Today the Isotta Fraschini is a group of several companies.
-*'''Isotta-Fraschini Motori S.p.A.''': An engineering firm specializing in diesel products, particularly marine engines, industrial engines, and rail traction engines, but also providing a wide range of civil and military engineering products and services.
-*'''Fabbrica Automobili Isotta-Fraschini S.p.A.''': A car production firm. For a while the name and [[trademark]] were in the hands of the [[Italy|Italian]] government.
-*'''Isotta Fraschini Milano, s.r.l.''': A firm producing luxury goods in the spirit of the supreme luxury represented by ''Belle Epoque''.
-== External links ==
-*[http://www.isottafraschini.it/ Isotta-Fraschini Motori S.p.A.]
-*[http://www.isottafraschini.com/ Isotta Fraschini Milano s.r.l.]
-{{Car Information and Photos by Marque}}
-{{Motorcycle Information and Photos by Marque}}
-[[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy]]
-[[Category:Luxury motor vehicle manufacturers]]
-[[Category:Prestige vehicles]]

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