One Big Fiat
Back in the early 1900's many Fiats were built in American in order to avoid the substantial tariffs placed on these imports, and this car was one of those. At the time, Fiats were very expensive, and depending on the coachwork they ranged in price between $3500 and $4500 dollars. And, when you consider the cost of the typical Ford Model T at the time being well under $1000 dollars the Fiats had a huge price tag. And, also huge in size was this car pictured above. One can't really appreciate it's rather intimidating mass until you stand next to it...it's BIG! And powering this one, obviously built for the race track with it's open wheeled configuration, was an equally huge 9 liter 4 cylinder motor pumping out a respectable 75hp. And the sound of it running with it's open headers "snapping, barking, and growling" was also huge on the db scale. And now entering it's 110th year of life it makes a huge presence as it makes the rounds at the show circuits around the country. Did I say "huge" enough? Well, I think you get the picture!
One Big Fiat
Back in the early 1900's many Fiats were built in American in order to avoid the substantial tariffs placed on these imports, and this car was one of those. At the time, Fiats were very expensive, and depending on the coachwork they ranged in price between $3500 and $4500 dollars. And, when you consider the cost of the typical Ford Model T at the time being well under $1000 dollars the Fiats had a huge price tag. And, also huge in size was this car pictured above. One can't really appreciate it's rather intimidating mass until you stand next to it...it's BIG! And powering this one, obviously built for the race track with it's open wheeled configuration, was an equally huge 9 liter 4 cylinder motor pumping out a respectable 75hp. And the sound of it running with it's open headers "snapping, barking, and growling" was also huge on the db scale. And now entering it's 110th year of life it makes a huge presence as it makes the rounds at the show circuits around the country. Did I say "huge" enough? Well, I think you get the picture!