Fiat 60 HP

The Fiat 60 HP is an automobile produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1904 to 1906. It competed in races such as the Paris to Madrid race of 1903, driven by Vincenzo Lancia and Luigi Storero, and the Circuit des Ardennes, as well as other races and hill climbs. It was the first car to feature Fiat's all-new pressed steel chassis. At the top of the range was Turin's answer to the Mercedes Sixty, a 10.6 litre four-cylinder monster, in the words of the motoring historian Michael Sedgwick. Many cars went to rich export markets including the United States, where they were popular among wealthy socialites, and American coachbuilders such as Quimby and Demarest welcomed it, so it was offered with normal and long wheelbases. It had a honeycomb radiator under licence from Mercedes and an advanced oiling system. The 4-cylinder 60 hp engine block was later replaced by a six-cylinder 50/60 hp block, made at the Corso Dante plant.