motion picture Murder, My Sweet (1944), starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor. The grille of the Isotta Fraschini with the lightning bolt insignia is seen parked in a ravine, right before Douglas Walton's character Lindsay Marriott is killed. An oversized Isotta Fraschini is also the vehicle of choice for Dick and Nicole Diver in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1933 novel Tender is the Night. Seriously affected by the economic crisis of the 1930s and by the disruptions of World War II, Isotta Fraschini stopped making cars after the war (1949). Only five of the last model, the Monterosa, were produced. The plants were converted to produce marine engines. The company was left on the company register and in 1955 it was merged with engine manufacturer Breda Motori and named F.A. Isotta Fraschini e Motori Breda. The company started to produce trolley buses again and in the 1960s built a new diesel engine factory in Bari. In the 1980s, the company was renamed Isotta Fraschini Motori SpA and it became part of Fincantieri group, with administrative headquarters in the old factory in Bari. In the 1990s, attempts to revive the automotive industry of Isotta Fraschini were made. Concept-car coupe and roadster Isotta Fraschini T8 were built in 1996, and concept-car roadster Isotta Fraschini T12 was built in 1998. The company never went into production and closed for bankruptcy in 1999. The marque was revived in 2022, with the announcement of a new motorsport chassis designed from scratch to compete in Sports car racing, like the centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, under Automobile Club de l'Ouest Le Mans Hypercar rules. Aero-engines Isotta Fraschini L.170 Isotta Fraschini L.180 I.R.C.C.15/40 inverted W-18 Isotta Fraschini L.180 I.R.C.C.45 inverted W-18 Isotta Fraschini Asso 80 Isotta Fraschini Asso 80 R.I. Isotta Fraschini Asso 120 R.C.40 Isotta Fraschini Asso 200 Isotta Fraschini Asso 250 probably misidentification or variant of Asso 200 Isotta Fraschini Asso 500 Isotta Fraschini Asso 500 AQ Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 (140x170=47105cc/2875cuin) Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 R Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 R.C. Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 R.C.35 Isotta Fraschini Asso IX Isotta Fraschini Asso IX R.C.45 Isotta Fraschini Asso 1000 (150x180=57256cc/3494cuin) Isotta Fraschini Asso Caccia Isotta Fraschini Asso XI Isotta Fraschini A.120 R.C.40 – (inverted version of Asso XI) Isotta Fraschini L.121 R.C.40 – (version of Asso XI) Isotta Fraschini Asso (racing) Isotta Fraschini Beta Isotta Fraschini Beta R.C.10 Isotta Fraschini Gamma