ALFA 24 HP

The ALFA 24 HP was a 4.1 litre four cylinder passenger car and the first model made by ALFA, the Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili, which became Alfa Romeo in 1919. It was introduced in 1910, the year the company was founded, and built until 1914 at the Portello factory near Milan. Its name comes from its tax horsepower rating, a figure then widely used to designate cars. The 24 HP was a commercial success and stayed in development for about a decade: in 1914 updates turned it into the ALFA 20/30 HP, which in turn evolved into the 1921 to 1922 Alfa Romeo 20/30 ES Sport. Together the 24 HP and 20/30 HP were built in 680 examples.