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Introduced in 1952 at that year’s Turin Auto Show, the 208 series was the successor to Siata’s first foray into fully bespoke automobiles, the Siata Daina
18 cars are said to have been built, of which, 11 were bodied by Balbo, while the other 7 featured bodies by Stabilimenti Farina. A handful of the 11 cars bodied by Balbo were badged as “200 CS” while the rest were “208 CS”. At least one of the Farina bodied cars built was a convertible/spyder model.
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.
