Zust (originally Züst ) was an Italian car manufacturing company operating from 1905 to 1917.
10-680: The company was founded by engineer Roberto Züst, an Italian industrialist of Swiss origin, who owned a precision tool manufacturing plant at Intra , near Lago Maggiore (formerly the Guller & Croff iron foundry ). Züst experimented with prototypes of cars from around 1900 on and in Milan in 1905, he founded the Zust company for manufacturing cars and commercial vehicles. His first models were huge and expensive machines propelled by four-cylinder engines from 7432 cc (454cuin) to 11308 cc (690cuin). These were joined by
20-551: A location in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola The province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola ( Italian : provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola , Italian: [verˈbaːno ˈkuːzjo ˈɔssola] ) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy . It was created in 1992 through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previously been part of
30-453: A slightly smaller 5-litre (305cuin) model in 1908. A Zust 28/45 HP participated in the 1908 New York to Paris Race and finished third. Giustino Cattaneo (later of Isotta Fraschini ) worked for him. In 1906 Züst decided to also make smaller cars, so with his five sons he founded a new company known as Brixia-Zust in the city of Brescia . (Zust and Brixia-Zust are often confused). Due to financial problems, Brixia-Zust closed down in 1912;
40-531: The province of Novara . The area flanking the western shore of Verbano (or Lago Maggiore) forms the eastern part of the province; Cusio (or Lago d’Orta) and its environs form the southern part; while the north and west of the province consist of the Ossola , a region of Alpine mountains and valleys. The ISO code for the province is VB. The province has a total population of some 160,000, distributed over an area of 2,255 square kilometres (871 sq mi), with
50-586: The Milan factory was sold and production of Zust cars concentrated in Brescia, where production continued until 1914. The last new models, the 15/25 HP or 2S 365 (2592 cc/158cuin) and the 25/35 or S305 (4712 cc/288cuin), appeared in 1913. On October 1, 1917, the company was taken over by Officine Meccaniche of Milan, who continued to make the S305 until 1923 under their own name. Brixia-Zust (originally Brixia-Züst )
60-431: The Zust company, the Brescia facilities were used. Intra, Italy Intra is a frazione of the municipality of Verbania , in Piedmont , northern Italy , located in a small alluvial plain . It is important for its port on Lake Maggiore and attendant tourism. In Intra in 1905 was founded Zust , an Italian car manufacturing company, by engineer Roberto Züst, an Italian industrialist of Swiss origin, In 1909
70-508: The biggest population centres being its capital Verbania on the shores of Lago Maggiore, Domodossola the main town of the Ossola, and Omegna at the northern end of Lago d’Orta. There are 74 comuni ( sg. : comune ) in the province. [1] The largest by population are: In 2003, the Sacred Mountain of Domodossola and the Sacred Mountain of Ghiffa were inserted by UNESCO in
80-677: Was an Italian car manufacturer also founded by engineer Roberto Züst , owner of Zust of Milan, and his sons. The company was situated in Brescia , Northern Italy ; Brixia is the antique Latin for Brescia. The company made racing cars that participated in Targa Florio , an open road race in Sicily . The most interesting model was the 10 hp in 1909, propelled by a three-cylinder 1495 cc engine. Car production ended—due to financial difficulties—in 1912. In 1918, after Officine Meccaniche took over
90-542: Was founded a rowing club , Canottieri Intra . The main church is a basilica dedicated to San Vittore . The basilica di San Vittore was rebuilt during the first decade of the eighteenth century. Intra's area has been inhabited since prehistoric times . The oldest known population living in the area were the Lepontii ., then it was added to the Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus in the first century AD. During Middle Age
100-453: Was under the control of Conti di Biandrate , after the comune of Novara and then Duchy of Milan . Intra was an autonomous comune , in 1927 were merged to it Arizzano Inferiore , Trobaso and Zoverallo , in 1929 Unchio , then in 1939 Intra itself was merged with Pallanza to form Verbania under the royal decree n. 702 of 4 April 1939. [REDACTED] Media related to Intra (Verbania) at Wikimedia Commons This article on
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