Italian American Motor Engineering
{{Short description|Italian kart engine manufacturer}}
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Italian American Motor Engineering (IAME) is an Italian company founded in 1968. It is the parent company of the "Parilla", "Komet" and "Sirio" brand names and is the largest kart engines manufacturer. Its factory is located in the province of Bergamo, Italy, near the city of Milan.
The company has won 25 Karting World Championships.IAME (20 November 2007) [https://web.archive.org/web/20071120201630/http://www.iame.it/ENG/archivio.htm Kart Championships], retrieved 18 December 2013
The manufacturer won the European Formula A championship in 2000 with Lewis Hamilton, in 2001 with Carlo Van Dam and in 2004 with Nick De Bruijn.{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}}
2005 and 2006 Formula One World Champion, Fernando Alonso, won the karting Junior World Cup in 1996 with a Parilla engine made by IAME.{{Citation needed|date=August 2016}}
F1 world champion Max Verstappen won the WSK Euro Series 2011 in an Parilla-powered CRG.
Aircraft engines
Aircraft engines produced by the Komet Flight Motor division of IAME include:
- KFM 107 - {{convert|25|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} two cylinder, two stroke engineCliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page G-5 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0-9680628-1-4}}{{cite web|url = http://www.italmotion.com/1071.html|title = KFM 107|access-date = 2010-02-14|last = Black|first = Don & Margaret|date = August 2009|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091016071338/http://www.italmotion.com/1071.html|archive-date = 2009-10-16}}
- KFM 112M - {{convert|62|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} four cylinder, four stroke engine{{cite web|url = http://www.italmotion.com/112M.html|title = KFM 112M|access-date = 2010-02-16|last = Black|first = Don & Margaret|date = August 2009|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091016071401/http://www.italmotion.com/112M.html|archive-date = 2009-10-16}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.iame.it/ IAME] Official website
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Category:Kart manufacturers of Italy
Category:Companies based in Bergamo
Category:Two-stroke gasoline engines
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1968
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