Fiat S76 Record

The Fiat S76 Record, also called the Fiat 300 HP Record and nicknamed the Beast of Turin, was a purpose-built land speed record car completed by Fiat in 1910 to challenge the Blitzen Benz. Its 28.4 litre four-cylinder engine, related to units Fiat designed for Forlanini airships, produced about 290 metric horsepower and drove the rear wheels through a four-speed gearbox and chains. Only two were built. The first stayed with Fiat and was dismantled at the end of 1919. The second was sold to the Russian Prince Boris Soukhanov, ran at Brooklands, Saltburn Sands and Ostend, where Arthur Duray recorded about 213 km/h on a single run in December 1913, and later ended its career in Australia with a different engine. A recreation led by Duncan Pittaway ran at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed, and a 2019 Italian investigation questioned the origin of the engine used in it.