| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Fate | ceased production, |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Defunct | 1967 |
| Headquarters | San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy |
| Key people | Ettore, Ernesto and Bindo Maserati |
| Products | Automobiles |
Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili - Fratelli Maserati SpA (established 1947 in Bologna, discontinued 1967) was an Italian brand of sports car automobiles, usually abbreviated to O.S.C.A., OSCA or Osca.
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History [link]
It was founded by Ernesto Maserati (engineering manager) and his two brothers Ettore, and Bindo (operations managers). The brothers left Maserati after their ten-year contract with Adolfo Orsi had terminated. Ten years earlier, in 1937, the remaining Maserati brothers had sold their shares in the company to the Orsi family, who, in 1940, had relocated the company headquarters to their hometown of Modena, where it remains to this day.
The O.S.C.A. factory was at San Lazzaro di Saveno outside Bologna,[1] where Maserati were originally made 1926 to 1940. Their basic business goal was to develop an automobile to compete in the 1100 cc racing class.
O.S.C.A.'s first automobile was the MT4, for Maserati Tipo 4 cilindri. The 1092 cc engine (72 PS (53 kW; 71 hp) at 6000 rpm) had a FIAT-derived block, alloy head, and the bodywork was built as a two-seater barchetta. The MT4 first raced in 1948 at the Pescara Circuit and the Grand Prix of Naples, where it was driven to a win by Luigi Villoresi. The engine was modified to 1342 cc form (with 90 PS (66 kW; 89 hp) at 5500 rpm) in 1949.[2]
In 1950, a new DOHC (MT4-2AD) raised power (to a maximum of 100 PS (74 kW; 99 hp) at 6300 rpm), and in 1953 the engine was enlarged to 1453 cc (110 PS (81 kW; 108 hp) at 6200 rpm). A twin spark with 1491 cc (120 PS (88 kW; 118 hp) at 6300 rpm) was later used in the O.S.C.A. TN of 1955.
These automobiles were mainly barchettas, but a few were built with more luxurious berlinetta bodies by Pietro Frua, Michelotti, and Vignale. A Vignale was run in the 1500 cc class at the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The 1954 12 Hours of Sebring was won by drivers Stirling Moss and Bill Lloyd in an O.S.C.A. MT4 [3] as part of the Briggs Cunningham Team.[4]
From 1951 to 1962, automobiles or engines made by O.S.C.A. also were entered in some Formula One and Formula Two events although they mainly built small sports cars of which some were designed by Pietro Frua. In the World Sportscar Championship OSCA vehicles ranked 10th (1953), 4th (1954), 6th (1957), 5th (1958) and 4th (1961).
The 750cc 70 hp (52 kW) type S 187 was introduced in 1956. Weighing 730 kg (1,609 lb), this car had a top speed of 116 mph (187 km/h). In 1959 Jim Eichenlaub won the American H-Mod Title with this OSCA S 187. Operating on a shoestring budget, Eichenlaub often slept in his tow car because there was no money for a motel. However he won his first race at Pensacola in April 1959.[5]
The Formula Junior (FJ) used a Fiat engine of 1089 cc, saw wins by Colin Davis and Berardo Taraschi (1959).
In 1963 the brothers sold the company to Count Domenico Agusta, owner of MV Agusta,[1] They did design work for Agusta until 1966. One of their final designs was a desmodromic four cylinder engine. It ended operations in 1967.
Vehicles [link]
Name and year of introduction
- Osca MT4 (1947)
- Osca S187 (1956)
- Osca 750S (1957)
- Osca 1100 FJ (for Formula Junior)
- Osca 1100 (1960)
- Osca 2000 Desmodromico (Morelli, 1959/60)
- Osca 1600 GT2 (1962)
- Osca 1600 SP (1963)
Complete Formula One World Championship results [link]
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | WCC |
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| 1951 | OSCA Automobili | OSCA 4500G | OSCA 4.5 V12 | P | SUI | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | ESP | n/a* | n/a* | ||||
 Franco Rol |
9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | Élie Bayol | OSCA 20 | OSCA 2.0 L6 | P | SUI | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | NED | ITA | n/a* | n/a* | ||||
 Élie Bayol |
Ret | |||||||||||||||||
| 1953 | ARG | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA | n/a* | n/a* | |||||||
| OSCA | OSCA 20 | OSCA L6 | P | Élie Bayol |
Ret | |||||||||||||
| Louis Chiron | OSCA 20 | OSCA L6 | P |  Louis Chiron |
15 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Élie Bayol | OSCA 20 | OSCA L6 | P | Élie Bayol |
Ret | |||||||||||||
| 1958 | OSCA Automobili | OSCA F2 | OSCA L4 | P | ARG | MON | NED | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | MOR | 0 | NC | |
 Colin Davis |
WD | |||||||||||||||||
| Giulio Cabianca |
DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
| Luigi Piotti |
DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | OSCA Automobili | Cooper T43 | OSCA L4 | D | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA | 0 | NC | |||
| Alessandro de Tomaso |
Ret | |||||||||||||||||
* Constructors' Championship not awarded until 1958.
References [link]
- ^ a b Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of O.S.C.A. from maserati-alfieri.co.uk
- ^ story from maserati-alfieri.co.uk
- ^ Stefan Dierkes. "Pietro Frua (1913-1983) - OSCA MT4-2AD 1953". Pietro-frua.de. https://www.pietro-frua.de/1953_osca.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ In the April 6, 1992 issue of AutoWeek, Cunningham stated that, of all the automobiles he built, owned, and raced, O.S.C.A. was his favorite racecar.
- ^ "OSCA S187 1959". Galerie Des Damiers. 1959-05-17. https://www.galeriedesdamiers.com/index.php?page=osca-s-187-1956. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
External links [link]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: OSCA racing cars |
- O.S.C.A. designs of Pietro Frua (German)
- New OSCA Registry
- O.S.C.A. badge
- World Championship standings
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The cognate term in Old English is ōs (plural ēse) denoting a deity in Anglo-Saxon paganism. The Old High German is ans, plural ensî. The Gothic language had ans- (based only on Jordanes who glossed anses with uncertain meaning, possibly 'demi-god' and presumably a Latinized form of actual plural *anseis). The reconstructed Proto-Germanic form is *ansuz (plural *ansiwiz). The a-rune ᚫ was named after the æsir.
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