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Ceirano Tipo N 150
Car : Ceirano Tipo N 150
Year : 1925
Engine :4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :65?110 mm
Cylinder capacity : 1460 cc
Gears : 4 forward
Brake horse power : 40
Maximum speed : 60 mph
Wheelbase : 8 ft 9 ins (2.97 m)
Suspension : front and rear: semi-elliptic leaf- springs
Matteo’s career was no less complicated. In 1904 he founded Itala which built huge Edwardian cars with overtones of Mercedes. He then moved on to smaller and more conventionally designed cars. In 1906 he founded Spa (Societ? Piemontese Automobili).
The two vehicles illustrated here were Giovanni Ceirano’s products. The CS, from 1921, had a side valve engine and developed 22 bhp at 2,200 revs. This car gave rise to two sporting versions, the Tipo CS 22 and the Tiop SC 4, the latter having a capacity of 2843 cc and a bore and stroke of 65?130 mm. The CS 2 developed 35 bhp at 3,000 revs.

The second car illustrated was nicknamed the Ceiranina because of its engine capacity. The engine also had side valves, but a sports version, the 150 CS, had overhead valves.
The erratic company of Scat and of Ceirano in general came to an end when Fiat, who had become the principal shareholder of Scat, decided in 1932 , that it should be absorbed by Spa of which they had taken control in 1926.
Ceirano was therefore placed in liquidation, its trademark was sold to Scat and all car production was entrusted to Scat. In 1931 Giovanni Battista Ceirano left Scat permanently and in 1933 he founded Fata with his son Ernesto but it did not manufacture cars.