Alfa Romeo 15-20 HP

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15-20 HP
Production period: 1914-1920
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines: Otto engine :
2.4 liters (20.6 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2920 mm
Empty weight : 920 kg
Previous model ALFA 15 HP

The Alfa Romeo 15-20 HP , previously ALFA 15-20 HP , was a passenger car from Alfa Romeo , previously from its predecessor Società Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili.

description

The company brought this mid-range model onto the market in 1914 as the successor to the 15 HP as the smallest model. The designer was Giuseppe Merosi . A four-cylinder in - line engine with 80 mm bore , 120 mm stroke and 2413 cm³ displacement developed 20.6 kW (28 hp ). It was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle. The transmission had three gears. The wheelbase was cm as its predecessor 292nd The track width , however, had been increased by 5 cm to 135 cm. The choice was between touring car and sedan . The curb weight was given as 920 kg for the touring car. The maximum speed was 100 km / h. The chassis cost 9,500 lire until 1915 and 24,000 lire in 1920.

In 1915 production was interrupted due to the war and resumed in 1919. On November 23, 1919, the brand name changed from ALFA to Alfa Romeo . Production ended in 1920.

Between 1910 and 1915, a total of 330 vehicles of the two predecessors, 12 HP and 15 HP and the 15-20 HP were produced. Figures for the period after 1915 are not available.

It was not until 1923 that Alfa Romeo launched the RM, a vehicle of comparable size and performance.

literature

  • Walter Hönscheidt, Stefan Knittel: Alfa Romeo. The story, part 1: The Merosi epoch 1910 to 1927. Zyklam Verlag, Frankfurt-Unterliederbach 1986, ISBN 3-88767-080-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Hönscheidt, Knittel: Alfa Romeo. The story, part 1: The Merosi era 1910 to 1927.