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NEW MODELS Abound at Turin Show
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Novel Suspension Systems Used by Some Manufacturers: New Undersfloor-engined Passenger Vehicles and I-ton Van By John F. Moon, A.MS.R.T.E. dOST of the Italian commercialyehicle makers exhibiting at the 39th International Motor Show Turin, which opened on October 30 d closes on .Sunday, are showing new 'tides. Several have more than one new sibit and accessory Manufacturers, mly aware of the progress that is being de by vehicle makers, are displaying. A, equipment, such as air springs, to ip abreast of current .developments. [here are 470 exhibitors at the Show. :yen are commercial-vehicle manufacers and 51 are makers of bodies and tcialized vehicles. Vauxhall have a
Bedford exhibit listed, but it had not appeared on the opening day. I understand that it was to be a CA I0-12-cwt. van. No other British commercial-vehicle manufacturers are represented.
Among the new vehicle exhibitors, Alfa Romeo show their new 8-tonner, the Milk, and an underfloor-engined passenger chassis employing a similar power unit to that used in the Milk truck, but turned on its side.
Autobianchi, who are now also making ' baby " cars, show their Arnbrositino 3+tonner, whilst Fiat, in addition to exhibiting a new normal-control 4-tonner, have introduced their 1106 T range of forwardcontrol 1-ton chassis.
Lancia have a new underfloor-engined passenger chassis, suitable for use with integral bodywork, whilst their Esatau-B 8-tonner is now offered with a new cab built specially by Viberti.
Iso, who are well-known for their.Isetta "bubble cars," have gone into the fourwheeler market with the introduction of their 400 chassis. This Iso van has a payload capacity of about 15 cwt., ;Ind competes with the Hat 600 Multiple. which is now being offered as a van with factory-approved bodywork by 0.M. Many other bodybuilders also exhibit vans based on the Multiple chassis.
Casaro alone has the distinction of exhibiting the first Italian coach to he
provided with an air suspenSion. The Ceat unit, which is made under licence from the General Tire and Rubber Co., is used. In addition to their own experiments with this Ccat air suspension system, Viberti are developing a novel type of spring which employs rings made of a plastics and rubber mixture as a suspension medium.
This spring is made to Pogioli patents and is suitable for use with passenger vehicles, trucks or trailers. Three makes of trailer—Bartoletti, Carenzi and Adige —are exhibited with Viberti-Pogioli suspension, whilst the fourth make, Bertoja, erpploys a system of the manufacturer's own design which looks like the Viberti unit but employs coil springs instead of plastics-rubber rings.
In addition to the air springs exhibited by Ceat, Pirelli show two air-spring uni One of these is built to Firestone paten hut the other is a Saga design, known the Elipress. This consists of a tubul rubber unit in which is embedded a ci spring claimed to give increased stabilil brakingand driving-torque reaction ei support for the vehicle when the air prt sure is very low.
A different type of air spring is shou on the Jerome Abragams stand. This the American Air Lift self-contained un which can be used to replace the cc springs of an independent-front-suspe ,sion layout or can be interposed betwe, the leaf springs and the chassis fran of a conventionally sprung vehicle give an increased cushioning effect. The Air. Lift units are already selling in lar numbers in Europe.