Autoweek:
This unbelievable Fiat S76, the so-called Beast of Turin, is the one surviving example of a pair of speed-record contenders the Italian automaker built before WWI. Its gargantuan 28.5-liter inline-four was capable of providing an impressive 300 hp — enough to propel the car to 116 mph, and a one-mile land speed record, in 1911.
Plus, it spits hellfire and sounds meaner than anything an army of 10,000 Carlo Abarths could have ever dreamed up.
Watch the video above if you don’t believe us.
First of all, turn your volume down.
I posted about this back in December when they had first restored this fire breathing monster. Now they’ve actually got it out on public roads, scaring humans and livestock alike. Thanks again to Glenn Ramsey for the link.
It sounds like a WWI airplane revving up for takeoff.
I like the idea of the Monopoly racecar gamepiece being as noisy as this is.
Just look at the filth it pumps out. Amazing!
(There’s one of these in the world, so it’s welcome to pump out as much carbon as it wants. I’m still amazed, though.)
Two more of such beasts 🙂
Ah, 1911.
When people could still think “hey, 28.5 liters? Let’s make it a straight four!”
It looks like a P-47 without a propeller, wings, or tail.