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Alongside the Aquarama, the Ariston is perhaps
Riva’s best known model, and certainly one of
its most popular. When production ceased in
1974, twenty-four years after the model was
first conceived, over 1,000 boats had been
built. Over this period, many modifications were
made, not least its length – which ranged from
6.2 to almost 7 metres – and the size of the
single engine fitted, which ranged from 105 hp
to 350 hp in the Super Ariston, powerful enough
to take it to a top speed of 80 km/h.
The Ariston was available
in three different versions. The ‘normal’
Ariston, 804 of which were built between 1950
and 1972, was supplemented by the more powerful
Ariston Cadillac in 1956-7, nineteen of which
were built. This, in turn, was superseded by the
Super Ariston in 1960, which continued to be
produced until 1974; these can be distinguished
by their larger engines (275 – 350 hp) and a
wooden saxboard around the rim of the bow. |
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