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September 3, 2025

Iso Isetta: The Big Little Car

by Mike Gulett - The Isetta is physically a small car but as an idea and a design concept it had a big impact on the automobile industry. Conceived and developed by the Italian motor scooter and motorcycle company, Iso, it was a brilliant idea … [Read more...]

The Iso Grifo Prototype Is For Sale

Sold for $1,760,000. by Mike - The one-of-a-kind Iso Grifo Prototype does not come up for sale often but here it is up for auction. This is the first Iso Grifo and the design style represents what Giorgetto Giugiaro of Bertone had in … [Read more...]

IsoRivolta Vision Gran Turismo Introduced by Zagato

by Mike - The famed Italian car designer, Zagato, has just introduced the IsoRivolta Vision Gran Turismo at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show. The new Zagato creation will be a drivable vehicle in Gran Turismo Sport, the latest chapter of the acclaimed … [Read more...]

Iso Grifo – A Brief History On Its 50th Anniversary

This article was first published in the Concorso Italiano Program - August 15, 2015. by Mike Gulett Renzo Rivolta, the founder of Iso S.p.A. Automotoveicoli, an Italian automobile manufacturer, was a visionary. After the devastation heaped … [Read more...]

Iso Ecspo Meeting In Bresso, Italy – Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of The Iso Grifo

by Flavio Campetti - The Iso Ecspo meeting at Bresso was born for a reason; to hold an Iso meeting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Iso Grifo during the time of the huge EXPO Milan 2015, the most important event of 2015 in Europe. Roberto … [Read more...]

Piero Rivolta Comments On The Coys Iso Grifo #001 For Sale Controversy

Dear Mike, Thank you for bringing the sale of the Iso Grifo #001 at a Coys auction to my attention. If they claim that this Grifo is the prototype Grifo A3/L which inspired the Grifo GL production car, that is wrong and false. The Grifo A3/L … [Read more...]