transversely mounted engine with a belt driven overhead camshaft. It was also the first engine made on a large scale to be powered by ethanol, when such a version was made available in the 1979 Fiat 147. The FIASA engine was in production until 2001 (25 years) with continuous changes, when it was superseded by the new FIRE engine. Lampredi died in Livorno in 1989. References 1917 births 1989 deaths People from Livorno Ferrari people Formula One engine engineers Italian motorsport people Fiat people Italian automotive engineers