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The Iso Rivolta Daytona


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 persisted with the Rivolta chassis. The initial performance of the car with the Chrysler 383 v8 was monumental. At least one production version was made in 1965 for Carlo Bernasconi of Milan. Details included a Corvette V8, a four-speed close ratio gearbox and a Power-Loc equipped Salisbury differential. Suspension was double wishbones upfront but the rear was quite complex. It used a de Dion-type axle with trailing arms and Watts link with inboard disc brakes.

ISO Grifo







The Daytona was a car that combined stunning looks, fast flowing curves with high-performance. In the year 2000 the car was sold at the Coys auction for $857 640 USD the owner then gave the car a ground up restoration. The concept and idea behind the Daytona was to have a race car for the road. It is believed that no more than 5 pristine examples were made but never launched. The car boasted of a complex suspension system a lightweight aluminium body and might American v8 with 490bhp, this propelled the car to 60 in just 6.5 seconds. Hence the only word to describe such a car would be perfection at its best and a car collectors dream.           


Daytona interior









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