Itala Special
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| name = Itala Special{{Cite web|url=https://www.carfolio.com/itala-model-51-265936|title=1921 Itala Model 51 specifications, technical data, performance|website=www.carfolio.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.carfolio.com/itala-model-51-265947|title=1921 Itala Model 51 specifications, technical data, performance|website=www.carfolio.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.carfolio.com/itala-tipo-50-541420|title=1925 Itala Tipo 50 specifications, technical data, performance|website=www.carfolio.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.carfolio.com/itala-tipo-51-541409|title=1925 Itala Tipo 51 specifications, technical data, performance|website=www.carfolio.com}}
| image = 1926-04-25 Targa Florio no 19 Itala Materassi.jpg
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| manufacturer = Itala
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| production = 1924–1927
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| class = Grand Prix
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| layout = FR layout
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| engine = {{cvt|5.8|L|cuin}} Hispano-Suiza-derived I4 8-valve SOHC naturally-aspirated
| transmission = 4-speed manual
| wheelbase = {{convert|2950-3250|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}
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The Itala Special was a special custom-built Grand Prix race car, designed, developed, produced, and raced by Emilio Materassi, which competed between 1924 and 1927. It with an Isotta Fraschini chassis and Itala bodywork, and used half of an Hispano-Suiza aircraft engine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=1823|title=Motorsport Memorial -|website=www.motorsportmemorial.org}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1xFg2-s2w0C&dq=itala+special+emilio+materassi+specs&pg=PA227|title=Auto Racing Comes of Age: A Transatlantic View of the Cars, Drivers and Speedways, 1900-1925|first=Robert|last=Dick|date=May 4, 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786488117 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.historicracing.com/driverDetail.cfm?driverID=3307|title=Emilio Materassi biography|website=www.historicracing.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2501.htm|title=1925 GRAND PRIX SEASON -|website=www.kolumbus.fi}}