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The Fiat 8V Coupé Corsa Vignale one-off.
This Fiat 8V Coupé Corsa Vignale was delivered as a chassis on 10 July 1953 to the renowned Italian coachbuilder Alfredo Vignale. Vignale worked with his stylist, the talented Giovanni Michelotti, to discuss potential designs and to define the final automobile. The car bodies of ten 8V were created, the car number 000052 is one of nine coupé and the only “coupé corsa”. Vignale would have liked to exhibit it at the Paris Motor Show in 1954, but he was unable to finish it in time. The nose of this Fiat 8V Coupé Corsa was rebodied after the crash at the 1957 Giro di Sicilia. Best of Show at the 2017 Concorso d’Eleganza Mantova.
In March 1952, Fiat surprised the world at the Geneva Motor Show with the Fiat 8V. A two-seater sports car that was also designed as a racing car. What was surprising was that Fiat had not shown any interest in re-entering the racing scene up to this point.
