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Osca 1947-1966 - Maserati brothers

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Created in 2008

Text:

Roger Gloor

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Osca 1600 GT Zagato (1960) - Count Giovanni Lurani next to the prototype

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Osca 1600 GT Touring (1961) - at the 1961 Turin Motor Show

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OSCA MT4-2AD Coupé Le Mans (1951) - 1342cc, 60 hp, design by Pietro Frua

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OSCA MT4-2AD Coupé Le Mans (1951) - shown with red paintwork, design by Pietro Frua

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Osca 1600 PR 2 Fissore (1962) - at the 1963 Geneva Motor Show

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OSCA 1600 SP Coupé (1963) - at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2012 - Category 'D - Little Jewels'

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There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of which have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Osca by the Maserati brothers, which produced first-class racing cars. Production was always in small numbers. Production of the last Osca model ended in 1966, and an attempted restart in 1998 failed.

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What do August Horch, Louis Chevrolet and the Maserati brothers have in common? They had all lost the naming rights to the car brands they had founded under their family name. They therefore had to find other brand names for their new start-ups: Audi, Frontenac and Osca. The latter name was derived in 1947 from the initials of Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili. However, Osca never achieved the Maserati nimbus. But the small brand in Bologna also built top-class racing cars. From the 1950s onwards, road-going coupés and convertibles were also produced. The 1500 Cabriolet model introduced by Fiat in 1960 with a 1.5-liter twin-camshaft engine from Osca became famous.

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