| Riva Ariston, Super Ariston
(1950 - 1974)
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was superseded by the Super Ariston in 1960, which continued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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