Italian Car

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Italian Car was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles . The brand name was Modulo .

Company history

The company from Ronco Briantino , headed by Carlo Lammattina, exhibited its first vehicle in 1988, which later went into production. The vehicle was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in both 1994 and 1995 . Falk Hartmann imported the model to Germany .

vehicles

The only vehicle was a tricycle that had a wheel in the back. A lightweight body made of glass fiber reinforced plastic was mounted on a tubular steel frame. The body offered space for two people in a row. Various motorcycle engines from BMW and Moto Guzzi were available for the drive , including the three-cylinder engine of the BMW R 75 with 750 cm³ displacement and 75  hp (55 kW) and the four-cylinder engine of the BMW K 1100 with 1100 cm³ and 100 hp (74 kW) ). In 1993 the new price was 65,000 DM .

Others

Nigel Mansell bought a Modulo.

literature

Web links

  • emo-auto (accessed February 12, 2012)
  • Photos (accessed February 12, 2012)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. 2001.
  2. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .