ALFA 12 HP

The A.L.F.A. 12 HP was the second car built by the Milan firm A.L.F.A., the company that later became Alfa Romeo. It followed the 24 HP, the firm first model, and was a smaller and cheaper car that shared its engine design and body with that larger predecessor. The 12 in its name is the fiscal horsepower rating used for taxation, while the four cylinder engine of 2413 cc actually gave about 22 hp at 2100 rpm. It had a front engine driving the rear wheels through a four speed gearbox, drum brakes, and a 1300 mm track, and it was sold as a torpedo tourer or as a saloon. Giuseppe Merosi designed it, it could reach about 90 km/h, and it sold for 9,500 lire.