hitzler werft is a shipyard in lauenberg , germany , just outside hamburg .

the company was founded in 1885 by johann georg hitzler as a boat repair yard , and went on to build barges , trawlers , freighters , tankers , tugs , launches , barges and icebreakers .

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german shipyard hitzler werft in lauenburg has received a newbuilding order for two river icebreakers and an option for a third vessel .
“over a year ago we delivered two multi - purpose tugs to the hpa , which have done an admirable job in their time of service in the port . we are now handing over two bigger , more powerful new tugboats , ” says jürgen freudenberg , managing director of hitzler werft and adds , “building the four new boats in the last years meant that hitzler werft operated at full capacity . we are also delighted that the newbuilding 832 will be christened hugo lentz . in 1850 lentz was a young engineer who was involved in the construction of the lauenburg railway bridge which is located right next to our shipyard . ”
for the future , hitzler werft is predicting an increase in inland waterway transport and therefore a demand for new build ships that comply with the latest in environmental and safety standards . “we are constantly investing in our design office to ensure it boasts only the latest in modern technology and our clients can rest assured that we will continue to deliver the high level of quality service they have come to expect over our 125 - year history .
ranking among the most important facilities on the river elbe , hitzler werft boasts two slipways of 70 and 130 metres in length respectively , a machining shop furnished with only the most modern technology and a design office for its own new buildings , as well as service to other shipyards and ship owners . this design capability can offer licenses for well - proven ship designs , in addition to tailor - made designs according to the requirements of the customer .
decommisioned federal german navy icebreaker eisvogel - a1401 and unknown decommisioned submarine seen in wilhelmshaven on 07 . 06 . 07 the type 721 eisvogel class icebreakers is a two ship class built for the german navy by the hitzler werft shipyard of lauenburg / elbe . one of the icebreakers is still in service . callsign : drlg pennant number : a1401 name : eisvogel launched : 1961 commission date : march 11 , 1961 length : 38 . 85m beam : 9 , 70m draft : 3 , 75 m displacement : 560t propulsion : 2 maybach md655 diesel engines , together 1765kw at 1400 rpm single controlled - pitch propeller , 3m diameter equipment : 140t hitzler pitching device ( for icebreaking )
germany’s small hitzler schiffswerft has completed ' kietz ' , the first of three special inland icebreakers worth a total of €15 . 3 million for service with local waterways authorities in east and west germany , writes tom todd .
built by hitzler werft in lauenburg , the smaller of the two , the 23m long and 7m wide hugo lentz , draws 2 . 6m and is capable of breaking up solid ice up to 45cms thick in the port , on the river elbe and in estuary waters . when not doing that , however , the €4 . 5 million newbuilding is being used as a tug with a bollard pull of about 9 tons and as a collection and transport boat . a removable bow can be attached for push operations .
both tugboats were built at hitzler werft , a shipyard in lauenburg . they replace their equally named predecessors which had been in service in the port of hamburg for decades . the new low - emissions boats are fitted with soot particle filters , water - lubricated propeller shaft bearings and power - saving led technology . both ice breakers bunker gas - to - liquid ( gtl ) , a clean - burning fuel . the boats also sport a shore power connection point enabling them to rely on shore power while at the berth .
considering the broad spectrum of hitzler werft’s portfolio , franz hitzler , managing director of the company outlines its core areas of activity : “our services can be divided into a number of key categories including the new building of small specialist ships . this capability covers the construction of inland tankers , tugboats , icebreakers , ferries and offshore service vessels for authorities and private customers , while ship repair services for the maintenance or conversion of inland navigation vessels of all types in the river elbe region is another key competence . our engineering capabilities are a further asset involving close co - operation with other shipyards and suppliers of marine equipment for the fabrication and repair of items such as rudders , shaftlines and special equipment . this ability enables us to add another string to our bow through the supplementary service of industrial plants in the region . finally , our ship design facility is unrivalled in the region , enabling us to design various types of vessels for ship owners , trading houses and authorities . ”
the two latest newbuildings follow christian nehls and johann reinke which went into service a year ago . they are also from hitzler and that yard’s managingh director jürgen freudenberg said they had “performed splendidly in daily service” since then . he also noted that building all four boats for hpa had provided his small shipyard with full employment for two years .
built upon a rich heritage of expertise and a proven record for excellence in the industry , clients recognise hitzler werft as a leader in the field of ship development and construction . at present , the company’s 54 - strong highly skilled workforce is busy with the initial and detailed designs of a number of offshore tugs with bollard pulls ranging from 100 to 280 tonnes , as well as a platform supply vessel , small tanker and a passenger vessel . current new build activity on the other hand , is centred on two double hull inland waterway tankers known as the ‘bernhard dettmer’ s - 823 and ‘dettmer tank 179’ s - 824 . in addition three river ice breakers are also due for construction and these will be known as the s - 825 ‘kietz’ , s - 826 ‘schwedt’ and s - 827 ‘keiler’ .
like hugo lentz , johannes dalmann was also built at hitzler , is ice - classed e2 and has the same shaft and propeller , rudder , gearing , auxiliary engine , engine control and communications and navigation equipment . but the bigger boat is also of sterner stuff , with a bollard pull of 16 . 5 tons and an abc type 8 dzc engine of 1354kkw / 720rpm providing about 12 knots . the extra clout and size is reflected in its €5 . 1 million cost .
by 1886 , johan had delivered his first new building , a water barge , followed by his first motorboat in 1892 and his first freighter in 1900 . within 15 years of opening its doors , the shipyard’s new building order book had reached 100 and sons georg and franz hitzler took over the company’s operations in 1910 . the end of world war one spurred a move into deep - sea shipbuilding when the company was contracted to build a series of nine deep - sea trawlers . by that time the yard had developed into a fully - fledged industrial plant , complete with slipways and building berths .
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franz highlights the company’s differentiators in the market : “our highly experienced staff have the ability to design and build tailor - made special ships with state - of - the - art equipment according to the needs of the customer . we are specialised in the lean production of ships up to a length of 100 metres , completely under cover , protected from the weather and at competitive prices . the market for small special ship design has not been greatly affected by the recent european shipbuilding crisis and so we are positive that we can maintain our levels of profitability . ”
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the hugo lentz and the johannes dalmann , two modern multi - purpose ships , are the hamburg port authority’s ( hpa ) latest additions to its fleet . completing the hpa’s programme to modernise its icebreaker fleet , the two new ships will keep hamburg’s port area and the elbe main stream navigable in icy weather . in a festive ceremony at überseebrücke on wednesday actress sanna englund ( notruf hafenkante - a german tv series that plays in the port ) smashed a bottle of champagne over the hull of the johannes dalmann and hpa employee , martina stülten , broke a bottle of champagne against the hugo lentz .
with their powerful engines the johannes dalmann and the hugo lentz can push through 45cm ( 18in ) - thick ice that may form in particularly cold winters . in the remaining year the boats are used to tow and haul ships as well as to carry out general transport work in the port .
“with spring around the corner it is difficult to imagine ice floating on the elbe . the two modern boats keep the waterways ice - free thus enabling the hpa to ensure the safety of the dykes and the accessibility of the port of hamburg even in severe frost , ” says jens meier , chairman of the management board of the hpa . “the launch of the johannes dalmann and the hugo lentz is another step in the hpa’s quest to build up an eco - friendly fleet . when it comes to using clean - burning fuels , the port of hamburg strives to set an example . ”
“ensuring that ships can access the port of hamburg - the engine of the local economy - 24 hours a day , throughout the year , is a key task of the hamburg port authority , ” says frank horch , hamburg minister for economic affairs , transport and innovation .
ice breakers play an important role in hamburg’s flood defence as they prevent the piling - up of ice that dams up water and increases the pressure on the dykes . during times of heavy frost they also keep the paths used by the ferries and other vessels in the port free of ice . the hpa has seven tugboats that go on ice - breaking missions too .
she replaces the johannes dalmann , a tugboat built in 1949 that was named after johannes christian wilhelm dalmann ( 1823–1875 ) , the director of the office of waterway engineering in hamburg from 1858 to 1875 .
she replaces the hugo lentz , a tugboat built in 1965 that was named after hugo lentz ( 1828–1903 ) , a waterway infrastructure inspector in cuxhaven from 1864 onwards .
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two newbuildings designed mainly for ice - breaking but also capable of a range of other jobs have gone into service with the port of hamburg authority ( hpa ) completing a €15 . 4 million four - ship renewal programme .
hugo lentz has a1066kw abc type 6dzc engine of 750rpm operating over reintjes gears and a piening shaft and propeller to provide 10 knots . its type heracles high - capacity rudder is from becker marine systems and its auxiliary diesel is a john deere type 4045 of 61kva . a rexroth marex os111 system handles engine control and alphatron has supplied many of the newbuild’s communications and navigational components , hpa reported .
the second , bigger , newbuilding is the 30m long , 8 . 5m wide johannes dalmann which draws 3 . 2m . like its fellow newbuilding it can cope with solid ice up to 45cms thick and is for similar use around the port when not in service as an icebreaker .
hpa stressed the eco - qualities of the newbuildings . both have low emission levels and are fitted with soot particle filters , water lubricated shaft plant and energy saving led technology . they also use low - emission gtl fuel and are fitted with berth power connections .
the earlier 18m long and 6 . 2m wide all - rounders cost around €3 million apiece . they are driven by man d2842le412 main engines of 558kw and have john deere 3029 / 40kva auxiliary diesels . drawing 2 . 2m , they have bollard pulls of some 7 tons and the same eco - friendly features as the later newbuildings .
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iso was an automobile and motorcycle maker , the product of iso autoveicoli s.p.a of italy .

the company was predominantly active from the late 1940s through the early 1970s .

iso are known for the iconic isetta bubble car of the 1950s , and for a number of powerful performance cars in the 1960s and early 1970s .

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iso was an italian automobile and motorcycle make that was predominantly active from the late 1940s through the early 1970s .
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was an automobile and motorbike manufacturer in italy , predominantly active from the late 1940s through the early 1970s . they are known for the iconic
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iso would go on to produce two more models , the lele coupe and the fidia sedan , before fading from the automotive scene in the 1970s . and while others would follow the formula of american v - 8 power and exotic european bodywork , none lived up to the promise quite as well as the iso grifo .
iso are known for the iconic classics that were isetta bubble cars and for a number of powerful performance cars that were produced in the 1960s and early 1970s .
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beginning life in the 1950s , the isetta was designed by italian automobile and motorcycle maker , iso , before being licensed to bmw to build . since then , various speculative designs for a rebirth have been thrown around . but , fans of the vehicle , which boasted a tiny appetite of just 3 . 0l / 100km and an equally tiny footprint , never saw it come back to life .
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the iso grifo was a limited production grand tourer automobile built in italy by iso autoveicoli s . p . a . from 1965 to 1974 with styling by giorgetto giugiaro at bertone , and mechanicals by giotto bizzarrini , the former chief engineer at ferrari who was behind the development of the 250 gto . the initial cars used chevrolet corvette small - block 327 ( 5 . 4 l ) v8s fitted to borg - warner 4 - speed manual transmissions , becoming available in 1965 . the engines produced over 400 horsepower ( 300 kw ) , propelling the 1 , 000 kg iso grifo gl 365 to 161 mph ( 259 km / h ) with later versions of the car using a big - block chevrolet 454 v8 and achieving 171 mph ( 275 km / h ) .
iso was always an outlier in the automotive world . it’s the italian shop that came up with the original isetta bubble car , eventually licensed to , and popularized by , bmw . so when it came time to shift gears to building high performance metal , it was only natural that the company walk its own path . teaming up with bertone , iso built on the success of its rivolta touring car by producing the iso grifo : a two - door coupe with the sleek lines of a european thoroughbred that concealed a mammoth secret under its hood .
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like all iso data operations , the a - plus database adheres to iso ' s policy and procedural safeguards that set the industry standard for protecting data security and privacy . only underwriters and authorized agents of insurance companies that contribute loss - history data have access to the a - plus database . a - plus operates in accordance with the requirements of the fair credit reporting act and state privacy laws and regulations .
on the empty ostend - jabbeke motorway in belgium , the royal automobile club of belgium timed the opposing direction runs for a new record of 132 . 6 mph with the windscreen replaced and 135 mph with a passenger - side tonneau cover in place to reduce turbulence .
well , you ' re wrong on both counts . only some of the british - made cars had three wheels . further , only some had disconnected reverse gears , so that they could evade automobile legislation and taxation by being classed as three - wheeled motorcycles instead .
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in 2000 , the iso 14001 certification , which is the international standard for environmental management , was granted to all of our manufacturing sites in japan . sunstar’s environmentally - friendly initiatives led to the development of the “eco can” .
ome cars are derisively said to look like refrigerators , but the shapely italian automobiles built by renzo rivolta’s company , iso , are actually descended from refrigerators - or , more accurately , the refrigerator business . iso ( originally isothermos ) made refrigerators in italy starting in 1939 . in the postwar years , the company began building motorbikes , scooters , and then minicars , most notably the isetta bubble car , which was also licensed to other manufacturers , including
in a perfect illustration of the grass always being greener on the other side of the atlantic , this cultural cross - pollination lead to the production of some of the most unique muscle cars of the classic era—including the iso grifo .
the production of single - purpose machines and lines , including their electroparts is made without any problems . transport systems , which are basics of our technological complex . the results of our work find the application in machine industry – mainly in automobile industry and relative branches and in electrotechnical concerns .
thermos and manufactured refrigeration units before world war ii . the company was originally founded in genoa in 1939 , but was transferred to bresso in 1942 by renzo rivolta , an engineer and the heir of industrialists . the business was refounded as iso
concentrated on getting the grifo a3 / l ready for production . the car got a light facelift that made it less aggressive but turned it into possibly the most elegant - looking gran turismo ( gt ) supercar ever produced . this “street” iso
so this is not—cannot be—an exhaustive list . rather it names designers whose work was highly influential on the industry or has been highly impressive to me personally . i learned from all of them , and i have had the fortune to encounter many of them during my 60 - plus years in automobile design .
we began to build a new manufacturing and administration building . later in the year we moved in to our newly constructed premises and manufacturing facility with 7 injection moulding machines and 12 employees . as manufacturing demand where high we manufactured in 2 shift’s , and the product where parts for the automobile and electrical industries .
rivolta ir300 ; a sleek looking 2 + 2 coupe based on a chevrolet corvette power train . after leaving ferrari , in 1961 giotto bizzarrini set up “prototipi bizzarrini” in livorno , tuscany where he designs and consults for marques like ats , lamborghini and iso
the car developed 390hp ( 290kw ) in its production form and could reach 110km / h ( 68mph ) in first gear . renzo rivolta also showed a one - off grifo a3 / l spyder at the geneva auto show . the production of iso
the isetta was the brainchild of renzo rivolta renzo rivolta , head of the italian engineering company iso spa that made , among other things , motorcycles and refrigerators . ( rivolta is also the father of such marques as the muscular rivolta and the more refined grifo . )
after the second world war , the company reopened its doors , completely changing its activity . in 1948 it began to build motorcycles , scooters and motocarries ( three - wheeled transport scooters / motorcycles ) . among the most famous are the furetto ( 1948 ) , ' iso
about 400 iso grifos left the factory during its nine - year production run , and the vast majority—all but 78—are series i cars . although not as celebrated as other italian etceterini of the era , the grifo represents a rare successful marriage between two vastly different automotive cultures .
the aa of kenya was founded in 1919 by lionel douglas galton fenzi as the royal east africa automobile association . its objectives and aims were to promote and safeguard the interests of motorists by providing information and advise about the purchase , maintenance and repair of vehicles , negotiating attractive insurance premiums , road mapping and the setting up of petrol depots .
adria operates the most advanced production facilities in the industry , iso 9001 , 14001 & efqm 5 star certified for business excellence , quality management and environmental standards . here , world - class manufacturing techniques and processes are operated , for designed - in and built - in quality .
we’ve always appreciated rivolta cars at automobile magazine . we featured an iso grifo coupe in our august issue twenty - three years ago , baldly stating that apart from mystique , the grifo was as good as a ferrari . the car we drove belonged to a young stockbroker , winston goodfellow , founder of the iso - bizzarrini owners club , who enlisted us to drive his car from a restoration shop in the l . a . area to his home near san francisco . that one drive accomplished many things , apart from getting the car to where it needed to be . it completely changed the life of the stockbroker , who’s now an accomplished automotive journalist and prize - winning photographer , it led to the marriage of renzo rivolta’s granddaughter to ugo zagato’s grandson , and it led us to florida last march to reminisce with renzo rivolta’s son piero and drive the rivolta gt that was a le mans entrant in 1968 .
the 5 . 4 l v8 chevrolet small - block engine and the transmission came from general motors in detroit , and the de dion suspension and four - wheel disc braking system came from the large jaguars of the time . this concept was maintained for almost all production cars of iso
then schorr , who at the time was the editor of hi - performance cars magazine , was offered an iso grifo to drive for a story . “it had a 427 in place of the standard engine . i could not believe how fast this thing was - and how well mannered . ”
3 . 1955 bmw isetta : originally designed by italy ' s iso , bmw built the atrocious , single - cylinder 12 - hp , one - door isetta for 7 years . parked nose - in to a wall , the door wouldn ' t open . the whole car was a crumple zone .
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iso 13485 : 2003 helps realtime technologies to provide a structure for implementation of requirements . it ensures the achievement of these planned results and the maintenance and effectiveness of those processes in relation to customer , internal quality and regulatory requirements . due to the nature of medical equipment , safety is one of the principal requirements .
the contrasting situations in the automobile industries of china and of eastern europe illustrate this point very well ( liu and dicken , 2006 ) . there is little doubt that the form—and the geography—of automobile production networks in china would have been quite different had the firms had unhindered access and freedom optimally to organize their gpns . but the chinese government has exerted virtually complete control over such entry and has adopted a policy of limited access for foreign firms , including the form that their involvement can take . here , therefore , we have the obverse of the usual situation . whereas , in many cases , tncs are able to play off one country against another to achieve the best deal , in the chinese case it is the state whose unique bargaining position has enabled it to play off one tnc against another .
grifo gl received the fast , modified but reliable chevrolet corvette’s 327 v8 ( 5 . 4 l ) engine—either in 300 or 350 hp—coupled to a borg - warner 4 - speed toploader . these engines were ordered in the united states , but were completely taken apart and blueprinted before they were put in ; as they did with the iso
giorgetto giugiaro , then at bertone , designed the body for that first grand tourer , the 1963 rivolta gt , but he was just warming up . the follow - up car - built on a modified version of the rivolta gt platform with a shorter wheelbase - was the achingly beautiful iso grifo , which went into production in 1965 .
collectibility in total , 330 series i and 83 series ii cars were built for a total of 413 grifos , 90 of which 7 litri . the rarest are the series ii 5 - speeds ( 23 units ) and the series ii targa ( 5 units ) . all grifos are desirable because of their rarity . a former employee of iso
the first successful speed record attempt for a production car after ww2 was made by the two - door healey elliott in 1946 . achieving a top speed of 104 . 65 mph , it became the first car to hold the mantle in the new era – a mantle that has been passed progressively upward since the first production automobile rolled off the line in 1894 with a top speed of just 12 mph ( 19 km / h ) .
lest you get the impression that the iso grifo was merely a more gorgeous take on the muscle car concept , it’s important to note that the company focused just as much on the car’s handling as it did its forward thrust . weighing roughly 2 , 200 pounds , the first generation grifos were exceptionally nimble , especially considering the fact that iso pushed the original v8 engine as far back behind the front axle as possible to create a near 50 / 50 weight balance in the coupe . a four - speed manual transmission handled the gear shifting duties for most grifos—with an exceedingly low number of five speeds joining the series ii family . a simple and elegant dashboard and interior look perfectly matched its cool exterior cues .
expanding a - plus is a logical extension of the underwriting services we ' ve been providing for personal and commercial property for years ,
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the early iso rivoltas also used small block chevys in a very nice four passenger bodywork by bertone . the grifos were a match for the maserati ghilbis in everything but cost of a tuneup and eventually seemed to morph into the luscious bizzarini gt , also with gm power . there were several several italian and english etceterrini with american engines back then with the highpoint being detomaso’s pantera for lincoln - mercury .
of his motorcycles , webster says ,
the automobile has its own beauty of design , but the mechanics of which are enveloped in bodywork hiding them , plus they take up a lot of garage / museum space . these classic little two - wheeled masterpieces bare their naked beauty to the world , exposing the 3 - d intricacies of their mechanics in very little room , showing off their sculptured framework , the art of an alloy panel beater , to the engineer ' s designs interpreted ultimately by the master machinists of their day . ”
insurers have already begun reporting auto loss - history data to the new a - plus – auto database . and iso is undertaking an aggressive program to collect five - year auto loss histories and ongoing monthly updates to ensure that a - plus ' s auto loss - history component is a full complement to the current extensive a - plus – property database . a - plus will accept loss - history data in a variety of formats .
in the countries of eastern europe , on the other hand , there has been a much more fundamental political—as well as economic—transition towards a more neo - liberal position . the transitional states of eastern europe overwhelmingly adopted neo - liberal market policies , which considerably reduced their individual bargaining power . but , as bartlett and seleny ( 1998 , p . 320 ) have argued , the situation is made far more complex by these states’ increasing integration into the eu political system which , they suggest , has , at least partially , shifted the balance of bargaining power between automobile tncs and states .
when the editors of automobile proposed that i name the 25 greatest car designers of all time , it seemed like a rather simple task . but after the first few obvious names , it became apparent that selecting just a couple dozen people from the thousands who have practiced the craft over the past hundred - plus years was impossible . bear in mind that few of them are or were individual practitioners . for the most part , when you name chief designers , you are in fact referring to quite large teams of talented and skilled people , many of whom worked at various times for two or more of the major groups .
rivolta visualized the need for a cheap and compact town car and introduced the isetta (
little iso
) in 1953 with a 237 - cc , twin - cylinder , two - stroke engine . sales were good and , within a few years , the design was franchised out to bmw in germany , which wanted to bolster slow sales of their luxury cars , and velam in france . bmw first fitted its isetta with a 247 - cc single cylinder motorbike engine , and later an outsourced 297 - cc single .
bubble cars were built to provide cheap personal transport . most were two - seaters with just three wheels . they became particularly popular when fuel prices shot up in 1956 , during the suez crisis . one of the first was the italian - made iso isetta . germany was a prolific builder , too . messerschmitt and heinkel , forbidden to ply their former trade of building military aircraft , turned to bubble cars as a peacetime alternative . bmw , meanwhile , re - engineered the isetta to use an engine from one of its motorcycles .
the special sauce that made the iso grifo so exciting to drive was its small block chevrolet v8 . when the grifo first hit the scene in 1965 , it was motivated by a 327 cubic - inch chevy engine good for 400 horsepower . by the time the grifo series ii hit the scene , it sported a monstrous bowtie 454 . turning its back on the general for 1972 , the grifo would swap in a 325 - horse 351 cubic - inch ford engine as its power plant of choice through 1974 when production ceased altogether .
all gpns are embedded within multi - scalar regulatory systems . international regulatory bodies , such as the wto—part of the ‘confusion’ of institutions that makes up the incoherent architecture of global governance—are immensely significant in influencing the geography of a gpn . one needs only look at the influence of the multi - fibre arrangement ( mfa ) in the clothing and textiles industries to be aware of this ( the abolition of the mfa at the beginning of 2005 is having a massive influence on gpns in these industries ) . such international regulatory structures are widely recognized , if not sufficiently well integrated into gpn research . less widely recognized is the role of international institutions establishing technical standards ( like the iso 9000 , the international quality management standard or the iso 14000 international environmental standard ) ( braithwaite and drahos , 2000 ; messner , 2004 , ponte and gibbon , 2005 ; nadvi this issue ) . in some cases , these make the operation of global networks more feasible through their introduction of codifiable standards . in other cases , they create problems of conformity to an international standard in specific places .
it may be easy to drive and easy on the eyes , but it’s not so easy to find one nowadays . schorr found his grifo in 1969 at a new jersey chevrolet dealer who also sold iso vehicles . it was listed as a ’67 model ( although the low serial number correctly marks it as a ’66 ) ; it was under a cover and had never been registered . the dealer had ordered it for his wife , but when she discovered that it had a stick shift and no air - conditioning , she said no thanks . the window sticker was more than $ 14 , 000 .
many car designers are convinced that a radical change in automobile technology is going to be needed for the crowded megacities of the future . by 2030 more than 60 % of the world ' s population is expected to be living in cities , up from 50 % now , and more of them will be able to afford cars . the need to reduce emissions , an acute scarcity of land for roads and parking , and the prospect of laws restricting conventional cars all point to the idea that different and smaller types of vehicle will be in demand . with that in mind , some of those designers are coming up with things that look a lot like a vehicle that was familiar more than 50 years ago . welcome to the return of the bubble car .
but , it is not only academics who underestimate the importance of logistics . a german automobile manufacturer made the following observation ( dicken , 2003a , pp . 23–4 ) : ‘logistics costs are the most hidden and underestimated costs in production . under globalization , of course , they gain importance . as a rule of thumb , if you look at the value - added of a car , about one - third of it is attributed to logistics costs … and for that the customer doesn ' t pay a single deutschmark . so we are well advised to reduce these costs . if i see the eagerness with which we try to save a minute of production time here and there , and how much we have neglected the issue of logistics costs , then there is a wide area’ .
an exotic perfume that smells absolutely wonderful but comes from target will never be appreciated by the monied set as much as a couturier brand that costs forty times more . doesn’t smell as good ? doesn’t matter — the designer label costs more so it must be better . it is easy to find explanations and excuses for the failure of rivolta after the fact . the premature death of iso founder renzo rivolta , the 1973 yom kippur war and ensuing opec oil embargo , bank intransigence , the youth of successor ceo piero rivolta…but maybe , finally , the idea of american iron in delicately conceived european containers is simply not a workable premise .
the 1 , 183 - hp bugatti veyron 16 . 4 super sport raised the bar far higher one day in july 2010 with a speed of 267 . 8 mph ( 431 . 072 km / h ) . the most important thing to realize with the super sport is that it was substantially reengineered from the original veyron to cope with the added speed – the extreme forces on an automobile do not rise in a linear fashion as speeds rise from 400 km / h to 430 km / h , and the super sport is indeed the climax of the veyron series . it was not just a matter of squeezing an additional 200 bhp from the veyron ' s 1001 bhp w16 motor but upgrading every aspect of the veyron to ensure the vehicle continued to behave well in the new realm beyond 410 km / h . our full story on the record can be found here .
that same engine starts easily and idles happily under the grifo’s aluminum hood today . easing the car onto the street , i am amazed at how easy the clutch is to modulate , with short travel and moderate effort . the lt1 pulls so smoothly from low revs that you hardly need to shift , but it’s worth doing anyway just to enjoy the positive action of the close - ratio t10 four - speed as it snick - snicks through the gears . the unassisted steering is slow , but there’s no slop and it’s very communicative ; the wheel , though , is a long reach away . an unfussy american powertrain and well - engineered chassis make the iso grifo an italian sophisticate that’s easy to drive .
the leap from the tiny isetta to iso’s first luxurious grand - touring car was a huge one , but rivolta tapped some of the best talent in the business in the early 1960s . among them were test driver / development engineer giotto bizzarrini , renowned today for his work on the ferrari 250tr and gto . bizzarrini worked under chief engineer pierluigi raggi , whose team created a stiff unibody with a control - arm front suspension , a de dion rear axle , coil - over koni dampers , front and rear antiroll bars , and four disc brakes . campagnolo magnesium wheels or borrani wire wheels were used . for power , rivolta looked to america and the 327 - cubic - inch v - 8 from the then - current corvette .
if ever there were a solid “shoulda , coulda , woulda” effort to make it to the big time , the single most worthy project that nearly achieved liftoff was the iso rivolta in the 1960s . all the right elements were present . renzo rivolta was highly successful in manufacturing — heaters , refrigerators , scooters , isetta microcars — in the immediate postwar period . when he turned to serious automobiles , his cars were properly engineered for volume production , and the designs were terrific . at the time , you couldn’t do better than carrozzeria bertone and its designer giorgetto giugiaro for style , or than ferrari gto creator giotto bizzarrini for chassis development , and they were both on rivolta’s team . despite that , the project didn’t succeed . why ?
this book tells the fascinating story of the last and most successful of the iso ac / 3 grifo race cars from the fabulous period of sports car racing in the mid - 1960s . the a3 / c was the creation of giotto bizzarrini , the engineer who developed the famed ferrari 250 gto . in its short but varied racing career , which included outings with two grand prix drivers , ‘222’ showed itself to be one of the world’s fastest racing sports and gt cars , its top speed on the mulsanne straight at le mans , nearly 190mph , bettered only by the 7 - litre ford gt mk ii . this book celebrates the life of ‘222’ and the against - the - odds efforts of bizzarrini , a genius with the ambition to produce the best gt race car of its era .
this particular iso rivolta was started as a restoration project some ten years ago by the current vendor but as so often happens , he got no further than stripping the car down and it has resided in his storage unit in that condition ever since . the body looks to be in fundamentally good condition other than some superficial surface rust where it has been stored with stripped paintwork . there appears to be no deep rot at all and a skilled craftsman , comfortable with the art of lead loading , will be able to restore those complex folds back to their original shape . the sills , a - frames , lower doors , wheel arches etc all seem solid , as is the chassis . the chevrolet v8 was running when removed and all parts are present and in reasonable condition . it sits on good ' grifo ' alloys rather than the original polished borranis but these were an optional ' retro - fit ' on later cars .
today , piero rivolta drives a subaru that lets him explore unpaved terrain without getting stuck , but he has a little collection of scooters , motorbikes , and cars from the glory days of iso rivolta , including the four - seat gt that was the mainstay of the marque . it’s not just a run - of - production car , it’s the actual gt entered for the 1968 le mans endurance race . we drove the gt on the roads around sarasota , and it was revelatory . here was a forty - four - year - old car pulled out of the funky , low - rent sarasota classic car museum while we watched . it obviously hadn’t been driven in a while , but we were assured that the tires were pumped up , the battery charged , and there was some fuel in the tank . a turn of the key and the 365 - hp corvette engine rumbled to life with that good old american v - 8 sound , immediately settling to a smooth , even idle . apart from the rivolta camshaft and connecting rods and a few other minor modifications , the engine is as produced by general motors .
after the rivolta gt there were other models . the brilliant grifo we wrote about long ago is one of the most beautiful shapes giugiaro ever created , its structure a shortened gt platform . in fact , the grifo was created simply so nuccio bertone could have one himself ; it was not the kind of car that renzo rivolta cared for . there were some excellent fidia four - door sedans ; a bizarre marcello gandini - designed two - plus - two , the lele ( named for piero’s wife , rachele ) ; and even an intriguing but unlovely one - off mid - engine model , the varedo , shaped in part by former zagato stylist ercole spada . it currently resides at the same florida museum as the le mans gt . for an exhaustive look at everything rivolta , a 536 - page book , isorivolta : the men , the machines , by winston goodfellow , was published by giorgio nada editore in italy and is available in english for $ 90 . it also discusses the bizzarrini derivatives of the grifo and the iso formula 1 effort , and it is remarkably clear - eyed and complete — down to every car’s serial number — with many interviews with participants , major and minor , in the whole ill - fated but glorious rivolta adventure .
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in 1958 the business was registered and we started with 4 hand operated injection moulding machines to start production . we also involved our self with the manufacture and maintenance of injection moulding dies . products : we started to produce toys out of ps ( polystyrene ) or pe ( polyethylene ) . which were produced on injection moulding machines made by the company mundt at tambach - dietharz .
at the end of 1959 a small number of companies in east germany united to form a production association . at the same time oskar wilhelm the original founder of the company developed a granulation mill for recycling of plastic material to recycle plastic reject products for further use .
this year we changed over to pgh holz plastic manufacturer . products we made then where made from pa ( polyethylene ) and pc ( polycarbonate ) , and consisted of buttons for telephone keyboards and washing machines parts . at that time we had 4 employees .
in that year we parted with pgh holz plastic manufacturer and affiliated with veb ursus with the head office in berlin as an independent manufacturing company at floh - seligenthal with 5 employees .
this was the year we where forced by the government gdr to sell our plant and equipment to the state . the product we made then where technical parts for kitchen utensil and relay components , we also made article parts for the cosmetic industries .
oskar wilhelm worked together with his son’s dieter and later reiner . this year we joined the folks owned company’s ( veb berlinplast ) to produce consumer products . those components where small parts for kitchen utensils , as in coffee machines and other kitchen products .
after the collapse of the german democratic government ( gdr ) the company restructured itself on the 1 - 07 - 1990 in to wilhelm - plastic as a private plastic manufacturer .
a disasters’ fire consumed the whole factory and destroyed all plant and equipment and building . we recovered in the shortest time possible and started again with 5 injection moulding machines within 2 months in an old company building at the property’s of bauerschmidt company at struth - helmershof with 12 employees to start manufacturing again .
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the bugatti veyron super sport 16 . 4 is ( officially ) the fastest production car in history
updated february 5 , 2018 : there ' s only one fastest car in the world at any given time , and the car that holds that title has captured the public ' s imagination since the first flurry of speed record attempts in the early 1900s . here ' s a detailed look at the last seven decades of the world ' s fastest production cars – from 1946 until now .
we elected to use ww2 as the break in the history because not enough reliable data is available prior to ww2 to make definitive statements about performance . we ' ll chart the first 50 years of automotive history from 1894 through to ww2 in upcoming articles , but because of these constraints the tone will be slightly different .
the most recent 70 years is the easiest period to cover , because the technology quickly evolved following ww2 to accurately record times , and the most recent part of this story is well documented through our 15 year archives . just the same , we added in a few likely contenders in the post - war period which were arguably , depending on the rules you wish to apply , among the fastest production cars of their day . the lack of a suitable authority is also an issue , because it seems that there are few manufacturers who aren ' t prepared to fudge the rules just a bit to claim the prize .
all of the above adds up to some confusing anomalies in the list as you can see in the chart below , but for the sake of thoroughness – and because we love a good argument – we ' ve included all of the cars we consider contenders .
noted british designer , driver and entrepreneur donald healey took his latest design – the healey elliott 2 . 4 liter to italy in december 1946 where in testing by the motor magazine , it recorded 104 . 65 mph over a flying quarter mile and was subsequently claimed it to be the fastest closed production car in the world . marqueart has the full story on the healey elliott including magazine and newspaper clippings of the attempts .
without doubt , the immediate post - ww2 alfa romeo 6c 2500 super sport was one of the fastest cars in the world when production recommenced in 1946 . though it had officially been in production since 1938 , the car had been evolving for two decades prior to that and had won numerous le mans 24 hour races and been one of the fastest of the pre - ww2 road cars .
by 1946 , it was claimed to be capable of 106 mph ( 171 km / h ) in non - competition 110 hp guise , but a variety of bodies and styles and weights meant it had a top speed post - war of between 104 mph and 110 mph . its prohibitive cost meant its customers were few and wealthy and included royalty such as king farouk , alì khan , prince rainier of monaco and movie stars such as rita hayworth and tyrone power . those cars pictured have all sold recently at auction .
following criticism that the fuel available to the british public was inferior to the fuel used in italy in the first record attempt , healey took the car to a closed motorway near jabbeke , belgium , for an observed run on british fuel where the car was timed at 110 . 8 mph over a flying mile . healey continues to play a prominent role in performance history and is best known for the austin healey and more recently , the jensen healey .