The “Baby Austin” was one of the most popular runabouts of the Twenties and Thirties, especially on account of its reputed 20 km to the litre. Designed and built by Lord Herbert Austin, it was launched in 1923 and cost only 165 pounds, one-third of the price of other...
Introduced by Citroën in 1934 and soon widely referred to as the Traction Avant, this revolutionary vehicle was designed by a leading French automobile engineer, André Lefèvre. In addition to front-wheel drive (hence the nickname), its novel features included a...
When it first came on the market in 1933, this sports version of the Balilla (the nickname of the 508) mounted a more powerful (30 bph) variant of its side-valve engine and a 3-speed gearbox. This arrangement was eventually exchanged for a 4-speed transmission with...
Bodywork by the Touring company on an Alfa Romeo 2300 chassis. This powerful and very fast car appeared in both a GT and racing car version. In the hands of leading drivers, such as Nuvolari, Borzacchini, Brivio, Sommer, Chinetti and Campari, it enjoyed a long period...
This model stems from two single-seater toy cars for children designed by Guido Cattaneo and made by Isotta Fraschini in 1929. Some years later, Carlo Felice Trossi of Biella redesigned the bodywork and installed a positive displacement blower to soup up the Peugeot...
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