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Iso Grifo
After the success of the Rivolta and becoming one of the most popular sports and luxury car brands in ‘60s Italia, Iso unveiled a more advanced, faster model. They named it the Grifo, and it was an elegant, dramatic coupe they introduced in 1964.
Immediately, it became one of the most advanced, fastest and desirable sports coupes on the market. This was a bold claim since the middle of the ‘60s in Italy meant there was serious competition from heavy hitters like Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. But the Iso Grifo was more beautiful and faster than anything else.
The base engine was the 350 V8, but they tuned it to produce more than 350 HP. After a couple of years, Iso switched to the 427 V8 with 400 HP. They even produced a series of the Grifo with Ford V8 engines. Unfortunately, in the mid-70s, the company went out of business.