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The Fiat S76 28.5-litre four-cylinder engined racecar, unofficially the fastest car in the world in 1911. Just two S76s were produced by the Italian manufacturer, with the aim of snatching the records for the flying kilometer and flying mile from the ‘Blitzen’ Benzes.
The S76 achieved the mile record with Pietro Bordino at the wheel at Saltburn Sands in 1911 and was officially recorded at over 135mph on a kilometre attempt at Ostend in Belgium, only to be denied the record as it was unable to complete a return run within the specified one hour.
The only car which still exists will turn a wheel for the first time in over 100 years when it tackles the Goodwood Hillclimb at the Festival of Speed on June 26-29 2014.
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