Spiders and Iso scooters on display at the Mauto museum

Twelve examples of the Iso production will be exhibited – from 29 March to 11 June – at the Mauto, the Turin automobile museum: among these the Isoscooter 125 (1952), the first to feature the “split cylinder engine” ; its motorcycle derivation Isomoto 125 (1952), produced in Italy and the Isomoto 125 version (1954) equipped with a sidecar produced by the Spanish division of the company. “For the first time, the Iso Rivolta brand is told in a dedicated exhibition through a diversified selection of models, which make it possible to understand the company’s entrepreneurial capacity” comment the curators.

Unmissable is the Iso Isetta (1954), an Isomoto Gt (1954) from the Turin Iso dealer Arduino, the rare Isomoto C (1955) produced for only one year and the Iso Scooter 150 F Diva (1959); from the early Sixties, a unique piece made only as a prototype known by the technical name of Progetto 100.000 (1961) which prefigured a Fiat motorized off-road vehicle, the very rare Ir Gt 340 365 (1964) with unprecedented characteristics and the Ir Grifo S ( 1969) which identifies one of the 13 cars with a targa-type roof built. Also on display is the large Ir Fidia sedan (1972) remembered as “the four fastest armchairs in the world” and the modern Ir Lele (1972) with its lines that anticipate the stylistic features of the 70s.

“Among the over 80 brands from all over the world that make up the Mauto Collection, Iso Rivolta is one of the most representative of the Italian industrial reality of the Second World War, for the variety of products, technical innovations, original design. The exhibition enhances this historical heritage through the involvement of collectors/lenders at an international level” explains Mariella Mengozzi, director of the Mauto.