Tipo 4CS 1500
The 1.5-litre Tipo 4CS 1500 was a natural progression of the 1100 with a stretched wheelbase. From 1935 it featured a reshaped body, raised side exhaust and hydraulic brakes. With a lower kerb weight than the 1100, fuel consumption was down to 20 litres per 100 km.
Omobono Tenni, famous for racing Moto Guzzi motorbikes, won his class in the 1936 Mille Miglia. Six cars were made, with bodies coach-built by Menarini or Campari & Sorniotto. Two cars went to gentleman driver and motor sports journalist Giovanni Lurani, Count of Cernuscho. One car was exported to Mr Ulrich Maag of Hesselberg in Germany.
Technical data
| 0-60 mph | |
| Bodywork | aluminium-bodied two-seater sports car |
| Bore and stroke | 69x100 mm |
| Brakes | drum brakes, mechanical |
| Brakes front | |
| Brakes rear | |
| Chassis | ladder frame, with two longitudinal steel girders and cross members |
| Compression ratio | 6:1 |
| Cooling system | water-cooled, centrifugal pump |
| Displacements (unitary) | |
| Dry weight | 1,389 lbs (630 kg) |
| Engine | in-line 4 |
| Engine weight | |
| First race | |
| Front Tyres | |
| Front suspension | leaf springs and friction dampers |
| Front track | |
| Fuel & lubricant | |
| Fuel feed | Roots supercharger |
| Fuel tank | 19.80 Imp. gall. (90 litres) |
| Gear ratios | |
| Height | 53.15 in. (1,350 mm) |
| Ignition | single-plug, Bosch or Scintilla magneto |
| Kerb weight | |
| Length | 144.88 in. (3,680 mm) |
| Length-Width-Height | |
| Lubrication | dual oil pumps (pressure and scavenge) |
| Maximum power | 115 bhp at 5,000 rpm |
| Maximum torque | |
| Model | Tipo 4CS 1500 |
| One mile | |
| Production dates | 1932-1936 |
| Production start | 1932 |
| Quarter mile | |
| Rear Tyres | |
| Rear suspension | leaf springs and friction dampers |
| Rear track | |
| Reduction | |
| Steering | worm and sector |
| Timing gear | two valves per cylinder, twin overhead camshafts |
| Top speed | 105 mph (170 km/h) |
| Total displacement | 1,497.7 cc |
| Transmission | 4-speed + reverse |
| Tyres | fr/rear 5.25x17 (from 1935, 6.25x16); Pirelli |
| Weight distribution | |
| Wheelbase | 106.30 in. (2,700 mm) |
| Wheels | wire wheels, 4.00x17 (from 1935, 4.00x16) |
| Width | 59.05 in. (1,500 mm) |