Construzione Automobili Intermeccanica was founded in 1959 in Italy’s automobile manufacturing capital, Torino. The company’s founder, Frank Reisner, was an entrepreneur who would later move the company to Canada. The first cars produced were Formula Junior racers fitted with Peugeot engines, but Reisner had higher aspirations and soon began importing American V-8 engines for installation in his road-going chassis. These cars were the Apollo GTs that would ultimately pave the way for their successor, the Omega, and then the Italia.
The Italias were first imported to the U.S. in 1968 and were unlike anything else on the market, quickly gaining the attention of American sports car fans. The car’s styling, which appears as classic Italian with 1960s Ferrari influences, is strikingly elegant. Its performance is equally impressive, as it can reach 0–60 in 6.2 seconds with a top speed of 155 mph, which is attained through a powerful and proven Ford V-8 engine. The steel body was hand-formed, and its chassis was made from tubular steel.
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