Talk:Isotta Fraschini/Archives/2014

Extreme pricing?

In the movie Sunset Blvd I seem to remember Gloria Swanson's character saying her Isotta-Fraschini cost $25,000 in 1928. I'd love to know if this was true. Its hard to equate that to a car today because I don't know of any being built. Maybach's Sixty-Two Landaulet may be the closest with a projected price tag of about $450,000. The Sunset Blvd car, if it cost $25K in 1928, would be like a half-million dollar car today. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 02:35, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

The most expensive US-built car at that time, the Model J Duesenberg, cost US$ 10'000, as a rolling chassis alone; coachwork added easily the same amount. I-F played in the same ligue, an there were high import duties on foreign car. So, yes, that price is possible. --Chief tin cloud (talk) 16:57, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

"All this Italian refinement did not come cheap. A price of $20,000 US for a completed car was no exception and with that it exceeded even the price of America's finest, the Duesenberg." http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2498/Isotta-Fraschini-8A-Castagna-Torpedo.html

Requested move, 2008

Could be moved to right name --— Typ932^{T | C}  19:30, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

• Unsure. Britannica hyphenates it, but the English versions of the company websites don't. But probably the company websites are influenced by the Italian versions, so that doesn't prove much. What's the evidence that the unhyphenated name is the common (rather than official) name? Andrewa (talk) 11:57, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

  Same as Italian website, if you check old cars grilles they dont have hyphen --— Typ932^{T | C}  09:23, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Sunset Blvd

Okay, you know what? We're going to need a photo of the Sunset Blvd. landaulet limo in the article. That car was just too god damn unusual. Gorgeous vehicle. --RyanTee82 (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Following WP commons, the car is a 1929 Tipo 8B Landaulet by Carozzeria Castagna even if the car in commons lacks the wicker covered body panels. It was bought when new by Walter P. Chrysler for singer / actress Peggy Hopkins Joyce. The actor who played the role as the butler / chauffeur in the movie was Erich von Stroheim. He could not drive a car in real life, so scenes of the rolling car with him at the steering wheel were turned when the Isotta was towed by another car. Worse, Stroheim even managed to crash it against the Paramount studio gate when the scene was turned in which the car enters the studio area. --Chief tin cloud (talk) 16:57, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

First European 8-Cylinder automobile

The first 8-cylinder car at all was the 1905 Darracq 200 V-8 racing car that hold the land speed world record in its first year. The engine was developed from two 4-cylinder engines from 1904 Gordon-Bennett-Racers. Thus, the 200 (HP) had a displacement of 25'422 ccm (1'551 c.i.)! The RR 20HP Legalimit was not a straight 8 but a V-8 with an extremely wide angle of the cylinder banks to provide a flat engine that could be mounted under the car. De-Dion-Bouton built V-8 engines, mainly for trucks but also for automobiles, after 1910. In the same year, renault started prodction of V-8 engined trucks. --Chief tin cloud (talk) 16:57, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. MilborneOne (talk) 19:41, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

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Isotta-Fraschini → Isotta Fraschini – Although both the hyphenated and unhyphenated forms are used in reliable, English-language sources, the company's official website uses the unhyphenated form only. -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 06:36, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

• Support: Seems reasonable to me. If usage is mixed in independent sources then I'm happy to support the official name. bobrayner (talk) 16:32, 1 July 2012 (UTC)*

• Support:It's a mystery where the hyphen came from in sources, Flight magazine has used both forms fairly equally over the years. A 1945 Jane's directory uses the hyphen but the company website, its history section and this image of the company logo don't use it.

This image of an IF engine from the Italian wiki clearly shows the non-hyphenated form printed or embossed on a valve cover. If and when the title of this article is changed I can amend the related aero engine articles by moving them. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 08:33, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

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Please add section about marine engines

Some of the marine heritage are still in use. Check out these links: http://www.mtbt26.se Www.t38.se Www.t56.se — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.226.184.40 (talk) 10:47, 21 December 2013 (UTC)