Bisiluro Silver Fox
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A toy of the prototype Osi Bisiluro from the 1960s |
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| Bisiluro Silver Fox | |
| Presentation year: | 1967 |
| Vehicle fair: | Turin Motor Show |
| Class : | Sports car |
| Body shape : | Coupe |
| Engine: |
Otto engine : 1.0 liter |
| Production model: | none |
The Bisiluro Silver Fox (German: Double Torpedo Silberfuchs ) is a sports car prototype, which was presented to the public in 1967 at the Turin Motor Show. The car was designed by Officine Stampaggi Industriali SpA (OSI) and was never tested because the manufacturer went bankrupt.
Development history
The OSI Bisiluro Silver Fox goes back to an idea of the racing driver Piero Taruffi. Taruffi previously experimented with various double-hull concepts (Nardi, Pegaso). At the beginning of 1966, Taruffi suggested that Officine Stampaggi Industriali SpA build a double-hull racing car. It is planned to start at the Le Mans race. Sergio Sartorelli then made a few sketches. The first models were tested in the wind tunnel of the Turin Polytechnic as early as mid-1966. The prototype then follows.
technology
By Alpine tuned four-cylinder - Renault engine with 1.0 liter displacement is mounted on the left side behind the seats. The unusual design of the vehicle is reminiscent of the boat type of a catamaran . The rear and the front with a flow-favored frontal area of 1.4 m² are each divided into two points. The two hulls are connected by the driver's cab and three tail units in the form of wings. The first of these spoilers can be adjusted as required while standing to determine the strength of the downforce. The middle one can be adjusted while driving, the rear one is fixed.
Other fairs and current owner
The car was also shown at the Retromobile Show in Paris in 1997 and at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 and is now privately owned by French racing driver Paul-Emile Bessade.
Individual evidence
- ^ OSI, Officine Stampaggi Industriali: Model OSI | Alpine | Officine Stampaggi Industriali SpA (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on February 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ OSI Silver Fox - A concept like from another planet. Zwischengas AG, October 23, 2015, accessed on March 15, 2016 .
Web links
- A car with two bodies. Jürgen C. Braun, May 4, 2012, accessed March 15, 2016 .
- OSI Silver Fox (1967). Janome Gotyou, March 10, 2013, accessed March 15, 2016 .
- OSI Silver Fox (1967). carstyling.ru, accessed on March 15, 2016 .