Fiat 24-32 HP
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| Manufacturer | Fiat |
| Production | 1903-1905 around 400 produced[1] |
| Assembly | Corso Dante plant, Turin, Italy |
| Predecessor | Fiat 12 HP |
| Successor | Fiat 16-20 HP |
| Class | Luxury car |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Engine(s) | 6371 cc straight-4 6902 cc straight-4 7363 cc straight-4 |
| Transmission(s) | 4-speed manual[2] |
| Length | 4,000 mm (157 in)-4,380 mm (172 in) |
| Width | 1,430 mm (56 in) |
| Height | 2,350 mm (93 in) |
| Curb weight | 1,700 kg (3,748 lb) |
The Fiat Fiat 24-32 HP was introduced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat in 1903. The car was designed to allow coachbuilders to make bodies to it, it was offered with 3 different wheelbases, short, medium and long.
It was equipped with 4-cylinder engine:
- 1st series with a 6371 cc engine - 32 hp
- 2nd series in 1904 with a 6902 cc engine - 32 hp
- 3rd series in 1905 witha 7363 cc engine - 32 hp
It was be made of more than 400 copies in the plant Corso Dante in Turin.
This featured some important technological innovations: it was first sedan car to use a "Landaulet" body type, fisrt car to have gas pedal and a gearbox with 4 forward gears. The road model could achieve top speed of 75 kilometres per hour (47 mph).[1]
In 1902 Fiat introduced racing version the 24 HP 1902 Corsa. This car was the first car in history to be a real race car, specially designed for that purpose and not derived from a series production automobile. . The Corsa had a full steel chassis rather than wood that dominated at the time, a twin-engine block 7238 cc developing 40 hp. Weighing in at just 450 kilograms (992 lb), it exceeded the speed of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph), which was very high speed of those days. This car dominated all of its competitors since its first release in competition. The car won the race côte-Superga Sassi, near Turin on June 29, 1902 and July 27, with Vincenzo Lancia driving, the race Susa - Col du Mont-Cenis at the average speed of 44.16 kilometres per hour (27.44 mph).
This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding French Wikipedia article as of 2008-03-25.
[edit] References
- ^ a b FIAT: modelli storici 1901- 1903. piemonte-online.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. (Italian)
- ^ 1905 Fiat 24/32 HP Series 2. conceptcarz.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
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