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The Fiat 600 Record Sperimentale by Carrozzeria Vignale
The Fiat 600 Record Sperimentale – an impressive record car, exhibited at the 1962 Turin Motor Show by Carrozzeria Vignale. The car was based on a Fiat 600D chassis with an engine increased to 1000 cm3 (41.5 hp). The one-volume body showed amazing aerodynamic shapes, a huge drop-shaped windshield tested in wind tunnel. The prototype was reintroduced the following year by Vignale, which merely modified the aerodynamics a little. Especially the new wheel cover gives the car a sleeker look.
The story of Carrozzeria Vignale represents one of the many somewhat forgotten success stories born against the backdrop of an Italy that was torn apart by the Second World War and which, starting from the end of the 1950s, was able to recover enough to know a real miracle. economical just a few years later.
