Selling a 1971 Intermeccanica Italia

 

It was now 1971, 12 years since Frank Reisner, a chemical engineer by training, founded Construzione Automobili Intermeccanica in Turin, Italy, and the business was doing well for itself. What had started as a tuning kit operation had evolved rapidly into a producer of specialty sports cars, specifically GTs. The Apollo had served as the automobile market’s introduction to Reisner’s vison, and was Reisner’s introduction to business realities that ran counter to his initial production format. However, when the 1971 Intermeccanica Italia was released to the buying public, the kinks had been worked out and units were being produced in numbers quite large by small company standards. At least 100 of the 1971 Intermeccanica Italia models were sold that year, which put it more or less on par with preceding years. In addition to favorable reaction from sports car experts, the niche buyers at whom it was aimed responded in the way that most mattered—with their wallets.

The 1971 Intermeccanica Italia had come some distance from its Griffith GT origins, and was every bit a product of Construzione Automobili Intermeccanica by the ‘70s. Its angular aesthetic and sleek profile gave the Italia a look of sophistication that placed it right alongside the very best of European sports cars. Its chassis had been the work of former British Racing Motors designer John Crosthwaite, while its motor was a solid American V-8, courtesy of Ford. The Italia was exotic, powerful, elegant, and well-made. It also sold sufficiently well to position Intermeccanica as a worthy player in the international automobile scene, though its annual sales numbers were nevertheless slight in relation to those enjoyed by larger competitors.

1971 Intermeccanica Italia Seller’s Guide

 

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