{"id":6124,"date":"2020-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/iso-rivolta-ir300-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T11:42:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:42:10","slug":"iso-rivolta-ir300-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/iso-rivolta-ir300-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iso Rivolta IR300"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Iso Rivolta brand still enjoys a good reputation today. Originally the company produced air conditioners and refrigerators, but in the 1950s it switched to the automotive sector. It all started with the Iso Isetta, which is probably better known to many readers as a licensed product made in Bavaria. The income from this license agreement enabled company founder Renzo Rivolta to fulfill his dream of an own sports car, which he developed together with former Ferrari engineer Giotto Bizzarrini and presented it in 1962 in the form of the Iso Rivolta IR300. Strictly speaking, it is a sporty travel coup\u00e9, a grand tourer, which was nevertheless homologated for motorsport. There, however, the five-seater was categorized as a touring car. Giorgio Giugiaro was responsible for the design during his time at Bertone. There, they only received the chassis with a wheelbase of 2.7 meters and the positions of the engine, gearbox and suspensions as a model to create a breathtakingly beautiful bodywork.

At the front, double wishbones of varying lengths are used, while the rear wheels are suspended from a De-Dion axle with so-called Watt linkage and double trailing arms. Coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers all around ensure a high level of driving comfort. At the same time, Renzo Rivolta had a powerful V8 engine installed under the front hood, which he purchased from General Motors’ parts shelf. The 5.4-liter engine was normally installed in the Chevrolet Corvette at the time and initially produced 300 SAE-PS in the Iso Rivolta IR300. Later the IR340 version with 340 SAE-PS followed. Power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a manual four-speed transmission from BorgWarner. According to factory specifications, the sprint from a standing start to 62 mph was done in 8.4 (IR300) or 7.9 seconds (IR340), while the topspeed was 135.5 mph (IR300) or 141.7 mph (IR340).<\/p>\n\n\n

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