Diatto

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Diatto from 1924

Diatto was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company SA Autocostruzioni Diatto began in 1906 in Turin with the production of automobiles. Production ended in 1927.

vehicles

The first models 10/12 HP with a two-cylinder engine, 14/18 HP with a four-cylinder engine with 2724 cm³ displacement and 20/25 HP with a four-cylinder engine with 3770 cm³, which existed until 1909, were created under a license from Clément-Bayard . From 1909 own models with four-cylinder engines were developed. In 1909 18/20 HP , 20/25 HP , 30/40 HP and the small 12/15 HP appeared , also marketed as Frejus , initially with a displacement of 2000 cm³, later with a displacement of 2400 cm³. The 28/35 HP was added in 1910 . In the years before the First World War, the bodies of the Diatto models often came from the Turin-based Carrozzeria Diatto, Garavini & C. , which later operated as Carrozzeria Garavini .

Diatto came into contact with Ettore Bugatti in 1916 and acquired a license to build aircraft engines with 8 cylinders in line ; series production did not materialize, however. After the First World War , production began in 1919 with 15 units of the Tipo 30 (Bugatti) , also under a license from Bugatti , whose 1453 cm³ engine delivered 30 hp and was based on the Bugatti Type 13 "Brescia" . During this time, the company logo was changed to a horizontal oval with a red background, which was reminiscent of that of Deutz and Bugatti. After that, Diatto worked with Maserati licenses. In 1920 the models 20/25 HP with 2714 cm³ displacement and 25 HP as well as the small 10 HP with 1020 cm³ displacement and 18 HP appeared. In 1922 the Tipo 20 and Tipo 20 S models with two-liter engines came onto the market, and the 30 HP was added in 1924 . In 1926 the 35 HP with 2960 cm³ displacement and 55 HP and the Tipo 26 with 2535 cm³ displacement and 48 HP appeared.

A vehicle of this brand can be viewed in the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile , formerly the Museo dell'Automobile Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia , in Turin.

study

Diatto GT Ottovù Zagato (2007)

At the Geneva Motor Show 2007, the Zagato design office presented two sports car prototypes called Diatto GT Ottovu . The vehicles have an aluminum body and are powered by Roush - Ford V8 engines with a displacement of 4.6 liters and around 500 hp (368 kW). This was to remind of the Diatto brand and the Diatto 254DS model, for which Úgo Zagato had already produced a lightweight and aerodynamic structure in 1921.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5 .
  • George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French).
  • Schmarbeck, Wolfgang and Wolbold, Gabriele: Bugatti passenger and racing cars since 1909 ; 1st edition (2009); Motorbuchverlag Stuttgart, Typenkompass series, ISBN 978-3-613-03021-3 .
  • In short, Joachim: Bugatti. The Myth - The Family - The Company ; Econ-Verlag (Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH), Berlin, ISBN 3-43015809-5 , hardcover .
  • Schmarbeck, Wolfgang and Wolbold, Gabriele: Bugatti passenger and racing cars since 1909 ; 1st edition (2009); Motorbuchverlag.
  • Griffith Borgeson: Bugatti by Borgeson - The dynamics of mythology (1981), Osprey Publishing Limited, London ISBN 0-85045-414-X , Hardcover.

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