Fiat Beast of Turin

The Fiat S76 Record, nicknamed "la Belva di Torino" (lit. "the Beast of Turin"), was an early land speed record car constructed by Fiat in 1910. Designed to beat the land speed record held by the Blitzen Benz, the S76 was powered by a 28.3L Fiat Tipo S.76 inline-4 engine producing 290 hp. Two chassis were constructed in total; one was retained by Fiat while the other was sold to Boris Soukhanov. The car was ultimately granted the unofficial title of Worlds Fastest Car on a speed record attempt by Arthur Duray in December 1913, with a one-way speed of 132.27 mph (213 km/h), but was unable to complete a return run within the hour allotted and as a result the record could not stand. Following World War I the Fiat-owned chassis was dismantled while Soukhanovs chassis ended up in Australia, when it was rebuilt in the 1920s with a Stutz airplane engine and allegedly raced until the 1920s when it crashed. The sole remaining chassis is currently owned by Duncan Pittaway, who restored the chass