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THE ISO RIVOLTA DAYTONA. The Daytona was manufactured by the famous 'Isothermos' who manufactured refrigerator units till World War 2. The company later on reopened in 1948, but now they were manufacturing motorcycles, e Furetto (1948), 'Isoscooter (1950),' Isocarro (1951), 'Isomoto (1954) and' Isosport (1953). The last Iso motorcycle was presented as the Iso 500 in 1961. Isomotos were known as expensive, but durable and well-built. In 1950s Isetta was known for building the famous bubble car, which went on to become one of the bestselling microcars during 1950s and 1960s.   The Daytona. This car was a revolution in the cars brochure it said “new concept of high-performance motoring”. The Daytona followed the ISO Grifo which was designed by Giotto Bizzarrini as both a race and road-going car. By 1965, Bizzarrini and Rivolta parted ways, but Renzo wanted to continue making race cars and contest Le Mans. He persiste d with the Rivolta chass...

  The Trabant is a car that was produced in East Germany, Trabant meaning “companion” Trabant was also an astronomical term for a natural satellite. The Trabant VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau factory in Saxony on 7 November 1957. It had a small air cooled two stroke engine it had a transversely- mounted engine and was front wheel drive when most of the cars were either rear wheel drive or, many had rear mounted engine. The engine was a 500 cc engine derived from a pre-war Dampf-Kraft-Wagen, (DKW), DKW was an auto union went defunct in 1969. The production was finally ceased in 1991, there were more than three million Trabant’s that have been sold, with the last generation which had an engine from a VW. The cars body consisted of monocoque shell made of steel and outer body made from Duroplast, a phenol-based material with an organic filling that was devised as a response to the DDR’s steel shortages. The car had an interior that looked as empty as a dese...