The vehicles of Enrico Nardi
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We all know Nardi as a steering wheel manufacturer. Perhaps only a few people know that they also built racing and sports cars. This report looks at the various vehicles that Enrico Nardi built and shows one of these small racing cars in detail in the picture.
This article contains the following chapters
- The beginning with the Formula Junior
- The Nardi-Danese
- No successes at either the Targa Florio or Le Mans
- Concentration on supplier products
Estimated reading time: 3min
Preview (beginning of the article)
We all know Nardi as a steering wheel manufacturer. Perhaps only a few people know that they also built racing and sports cars. Enrico Nardi was a racing mechanic, engineer and racing driver at Lancia. In 1932, Nardi founded the company Nardi-Monaco Chichibio together with Augusto Monaco. They built small, lightweight (305 kg) racing cars in the style of the Cooper-Jap Formula Junior. As in the Cooper, the engine used was the 998 cc Jap engine with around 65 hp. The gearbox had five gears. Thanks to its good power-to-weight ratio, the Nardi was around 180 km/h fast and won various hill climbs in Italy, such as the Giulio Aymini in 1932.
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