Itala Model History

Italy · founded 1904

Turin's daring pioneer (1904–1934) — winner of the 1906 Targa Florio and the epic 1907 Peking-to-Paris race, and briefly Italy's second-largest carmaker after Fiat.

Models

18/24/50 HP Touring Cars

Itala's founding three-model range — an 18 hp, a 24 hp, and a 50 hp four-cylinder — launched the marque and established it as a legitimate challenger to Fiat.

Touring car · 1904–1907
14.8-Litre Racing Car

A massive 14.8-litre five-cylinder racing machine that won the 1905 Coppa Florio and the 1906 Targa Florio — establishing Itala as Italy's foremost racing constructor.

Racing car · 1905–1906
35/45 HP

The 7.4-litre four-cylinder that Prince Borghese drove from Peking to Paris in 1907 — one of the most famous competitive feats in automotive history.

Touring car · 1907–1908
Tipo 50

Itala's main post-war production car — a 2.8-litre side-valve four designed by Alberto Orasi that kept the marque alive through the difficult early 1920s.

Touring car · 1919–1926
Tipo 55

A 4.4-litre post-war tourer featuring Itala's experimental 'Avalve' rotary-valve engine — an advanced but commercially unsuccessful engineering exercise.

Touring car · 1920–1923
Tipo 61

A 2-litre twin-cam six by engineer Giulio Cesare Cappa — Itala's most successful late model, with a class win at Le Mans 1928.

Sports car · 1925–1929
Tipo 11 Racing Prototype

An audacious 1,050 cc supercharged V12 single-seater prototype by Cappa — arguably two decades ahead of its time, with front-wheel drive and all-independent suspension, but it never raced.

Racing car · 1925–1925

Other makes