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The 500 Furgoncino was an utility version of the Autobianchi Bianchina Panoramica. The first Furgoncino version was a Bianchina Panoramica closed version (an estate without side windows. It was made till 1970. From then on this version with high roof was offered.
The Bianchina range was designed by Luigi Rapl (born in 1902) and technically based on the Fiat 500.
Autobianchi was a joint-venture between Bianchi, Pirelli and Fiat and was erected in 1955. In 1969 Fiat took over all the company shares and became full owner. After termination of the Y10 production in 1995 the company merged with Lancia and the brand name Autobianchi disappeared.
499 cc 2 cylinder air-cooled Fiat 500 Boxer engine.
560 kg.
Production standard Fiat Nuova 500: July 1957-1975.
Production Fiat 500 Giardiniera: May 1960-1977.
Production Autobianchi Panoramica/Furgoncino: 1960-1969/1965-1970.
Production Autobianchi 500 Furgoncino High Roof: 1970-1977.
See also: www.museoauto.com/il-museo/la-collezione/
Torino (It.), Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile, Corso Unità d'Italia, Aug. 2, 2022.
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Rapi:t is a limited express train service between Kansai International Airport and Namba Station in Osaka, Japan. It is operated by Nankai Electric Railway, and the train service uses the Nankai Main Line and the Airport Line. The name comes from the German word meaning rapid, pronounced. (Source: Wikipedia).
Public Clock Photography by Arjan Richter
Coachwork by Rapi - Fiat
Chassis no. 00100
Displacing just under two liters, the Tipo 104 motor V8 featured an unusual 70° architecture, as well as advanced racing components such as a finned aluminum sump, forged crankshaft, polished intakes and ports, and tubular 4x1 stainless steel exhaust manifolds. As Giacosa later noted of the V-8 in his autobiography, "the idea of mounting it on a sports car for a small production run was attractive and aroused the keenest interest among the design engineers."
And so was born the Fiat 8V, which featured the only overhead-valve V-8 that Fiat ever built during its long and storied history. Known in Italy as the Otto Vu, the new model was positioned as a luxury grand touring sports car.To maintain the necessary quality-control for such a high-end product, the fabrication of the chassis was farmed out to Giorgio Ambrosini's Siata, the tuning specialists that had long served as Fiat's in-house competition and customization department. This choice was probably further facilitated by Ghia owner Mario Felice Boano's 1950 hiring of Luigi Segre, a former Siata sales manager, as Ghia's sales director.
The Otto Vu made its public debut at the Geneva Salon in March 1952, and immediately impressed all who saw it with Fiat's ability to produce such a jewel-like automobile. Over the following two years, about two hundred tipo 104 motors were produced (though more than fifty of these were eventually installed in the upcoming Siata roadster).
The Otto Vu automobile was even more rare, with approximately 114 examples built through 1954. While at least forty of these cars were bodied with the factory coachwork by Rapi, the other chassis were clothed by coachbuilders such as Balbo, Pinin Farina, Vignale and Zagato.
Delivered new to Heilbronn, Germany, this unrestored 8V Rapi was bought early in its life by Larry Vivian, a US soldier remaining in Germany, during the cold war. Larry raced the car in Germany and took it with him to the US and kept it until some 5 years ago, when it moved to Belgium. Larry was the second owner and has had the car over 40 years while keeping it totally original with only 47.000 kms on the odometer. Incredible archive photos come with the car even photos when it was transported by air plane.
Zoute Rally
Zoute Grand Prix 2017
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2017
After Simca took over Ford France in Sept. 1954 existing plans for the new Vedette Series for 1955 were executed without delay.
The basic design for the Vedette-Series came from Ford, Detroit, but the finishing off was done by Fabio Luigi Rapi (It, 1902-?). The Vedette had all luxury of those days incorporated.
In the first years the Vedette Series was also sold in the Netherlands and Germany as Ford Vedette.
The new Vedette Versailles was placed between the humble Vedette Trianon and the luxury Vedette Régence. It is recognizable by the two-tone paint.
2351 cc 8 cylinder engine.
Production Vedette Series: 1954-1961.
Production Vedette Versailles: 1954-1957.
Original French reg. number: 1955 (Marne).
Seen in Musée Automobile de Reims Champagne.
See also: www.musee-automobile-reims-champagne.com/en
Number seen: 1.
Reims (Marne, Fr.), Musée Automobile Reims-Champagne, Avenue Georges Clémenceau, Aug. 10, 2015.
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Autobianchi Bianchina (1957-70) Engine 499cc S2 OHV
Production 273,800 all non vans (69,000 Berlians = 30,500 Berlina D + 38,500 Berlina F)
Registration Number FMA 384 F (Cheshire)
AUTOBIACHI SET
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Designed by Luigi Rapi, the Autobianchi Bianchina was introduced in 1957, based on a Fiat 500 it was available as a Berlina (saloon), Cabriolet (roadster), Trasformabile (convertible), Panoramica (station wagon), and Furgoncino (van).
Initially powered by a 479cc Fiat air cooled engine of 15PS power was increased to 17PS in 1960 along with the introduction of the Cabriolet version, In the same year, the Trasformabile, whose engine cylinder capacity was increased to 499 cc (18 hp), was made available in a Special version with 21PS The Trasformabile was the only versions to feature suicide doors and in 1962, it was replaced by a four-seat saloon. The engine and chassis were the same in both.
The Berlina when introduced in 1962 as the Berlina D with 17.PS or the Berlina D Special with 21 PS, these were superceeded in 1965 by the Berlina F 18PS and the Berlina F Special 21PS, production of the Berlina F family ceased in 1969 leaving only the Furgonino (ven) in production until 1970 and a high roof version until 1977.
Thankyou for a massive 57,153,998 views
Shot 28.10.2016 at The Alexandra Palace, London REF 124-020
Autobianchi was created in 1955 by Bianchi, Fiat and Pirelli.
The Bianchina was the first car of Autobianchi: a luxury minicar based on the Fiat 500 (engine, technics and floorpan).
The Bianchina series was designed by Fabio Luigi Rapi. The Eden Roc Cabriolet was a special version.
499 cc 2 cylinder air-cooled engine.
Production Bianchina series: 1957-1970 (plus a small fourgonnette till 1977).
Original first reg. number: 1968.
New French reg. number: 1986 (Seine-Maritime).
Number seen: 1.
See also: www.musee-automobile-reims-champagne.com/en
Reims (Marne, Fr.), Musée Automobile Reims-Champagne, Avenue Georges Clémenceau, July 26, 2019.
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Wanderung am 25. August 2014:
- mit der Eisenbahn nach Zürich
- mit dem Schiff nach Rapi
- mit der Eisenbahn nach Feldbach
- Zu Fuss nach Männedorf
- mit der Eisenbahn nach Zürich (Zwischenhalt)
- mit der Eisenbahn nach Hause
Teilnehmer:
Edith, Fridolin, Ruth, Edi
'Per Pedes' von Feldbach nach Männedorf...
Blickrichtung über Rapperswsil, Seedamm in die Kantone Glarus und St. Gallen.
Fiat Otto Vu
Coachwork by Carrozzerie Speziali Lingotto (Rapi)
Classic Days 2013
Schloss Dyck
Jüchen - Germany
August 2013
Fiat 8V (Otto Vu) (1952-54) Engine 1996cc V8 Production 114 (all types)
Registration Number 999 LHD (Dewsbury)
FIAT SET
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The 8V was developed by Dante Giacosa and the stylist Luigi Rapi and unveiled at the 1952 Turin Motorshow.. Fiat chose to use the name 8V because they believed that Ford had a copyright on the name V8. Apart from the differential the car did not share any parts with the other Fiats though there was a crossover of parts with Siatta
The engine was a V8 originally designed for a luxury sedan, but that project was stopped..The Fiat V8 had a 70 degree V configuration, displaced 1,996 cc and was fitted with two twin-choke Weber 36 DCF 3 carburettors. with an output of 104bhp and a top speed of 118mph, which was uprated to 113bhp and finally 125bhp.
The cars did well in the Italian 2 litre GT Championship, with production ending in 1954, the cars continued to race winning the Italian 2 litre GT Championships every year until 1959..
Always a rare car with 114 of the high-performance coupés built, 34 of which were bodied by Fiat's Reparto Carrozzerie Speciali ("Special Bodies Department"). and 30 by Zagato Ghia and Vignale also made bodyworks. Most were coupés, but some spyders were made as well.
This car is a Mark 2 of which only 34 were built, the Mark 1 had its headlights positioned in the grille aperture
Thankyou for a massive 57,761,612 views
Shot 23.04.2017 at the VSCC Formula Vintage Meeting, Silverstone REF 125-130
Coachwork by Rapi - Fiat
Chassis no. 00100
Zoute Grand Prix 2019
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2019
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_Rapier#Sunbeam_Rapier_Fastb...
Haynes International Motor Museum, Breakfast Club, Sunday 5th January 2020.
In the postwar years, Fiat was working on an eight-cylinder engine which was internally known as Tipo 106. Dante Giacosa originally designed the engine for a luxury sedan, but then that project stopped. Rudolf Hruska, at the time working at S.I.A.T.A., was given the task to design a car around the V8 engine. Development took place in absolute secrecy. To not stress the experimental department of Fiat, S.I.A.T.A took up the production of the chassis. Styled by chief designer Fabio Luigi Rapi, the Fiat 8V or OttoVù was presented to the Italian press in February 1952 and first exhibited in the following March at the Geneva Motor Show.
The Fiat 8V prototype used an art deco grill that extended into the hood. A second series was made featuring four headlights with some of the later cars have a full-width windscreen. A high-performance coupé destined to compete in the GT class, the 2-litre 8V model, was a departure from the usual Fiat production. It was well accepted by Italian private drivers and tuners and was the car to beat in the 2-litre class, also thanks to the unique versions built by Zagato or Siata. The Fiat V8 had a 70-degree V configuration of up to a 1996 cc of volume, at 5600 rpm the engine produced 105 hp (78 kW) in standard form with two two-barrel Weber 36 DCS carburettors giving a top speed of 190 km/h (118 mph). Some engines were fitted with substantial four-throat Weber 36 IF4/C carburettors offering 120 bhp, but the intake manifold was very rare. The Fiat 8V is the only eight-cylinder built by Fiat. The engine was connected to a four-speed gearbox. The shapes of the car have seen several changes over time: the prototype had an art deco grille that extended into the bonnet. A second series was made with four headlights; finally, some of the latest cars had a large windshield without divisions. Only 114 of this high-performance coupé were produced, 63 of which with a “Fiat Carrozzerie Speciali” body, 34 first-series and 29 second-series. It was made available in different body styles, offered by the factory and by various coachbuilders like Zagato, Pinin Farina, Ghia and Vignale. The production ceased in 1954.
Text from:
www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/listing/fiat-8v-carrozzerie-...
The Ariane was presented in April 1957.
In fact it was a kind of hybride: it had the Flash engine of the Aronde 1300 and the body of the Vedette Trianon, the most simple version of the Vedette-Series.
The basic design for the Vedette-Series came from Ford, Detroit, but the finishing off was done by Fabio Luigi Rapi (It, 1902-?). The Vedette had all luxury of those days incorporated.
Simultaneously there was also offered a Ariane 8 with the famous V8 Vedette engine.
The Ariane Miramas was a luxury version with a Beaulieu interior and a stronger 4 cylinder Rush engine.
The Ariane was replaced in 1963 by the new 1300/1500.
This car was for sale in Sarrebourg, France. I found her on the digital trade site 'Leboncoin'. Asking price: € 5500, including Carte Grise, but without Contrôle Technique.
1290 cc Rush engine.
1050 kg.
Production Ariane Series: 1957-1963 (Ariane 8: 1957-1961).
Production Ariane Miramas: 1961-1963.
Production this Ariane Miramas SL: Sept. 1963.
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Coachwork by Rapi - Fiat
Chassis no. 00100
Displacing just under two liters, the Tipo 104 motor V8 featured an unusual 70° architecture, as well as advanced racing components such as a finned aluminum sump, forged crankshaft, polished intakes and ports, and tubular 4x1 stainless steel exhaust manifolds. As Giacosa later noted of the V-8 in his autobiography, "the idea of mounting it on a sports car for a small production run was attractive and aroused the keenest interest among the design engineers."
And so was born the Fiat 8V, which featured the only overhead-valve V-8 that Fiat ever built during its long and storied history. Known in Italy as the Otto Vu, the new model was positioned as a luxury grand touring sports car.To maintain the necessary quality-control for such a high-end product, the fabrication of the chassis was farmed out to Giorgio Ambrosini's Siata, the tuning specialists that had long served as Fiat's in-house competition and customization department. This choice was probably further facilitated by Ghia owner Mario Felice Boano's 1950 hiring of Luigi Segre, a former Siata sales manager, as Ghia's sales director.
The Otto Vu made its public debut at the Geneva Salon in March 1952, and immediately impressed all who saw it with Fiat's ability to produce such a jewel-like automobile. Over the following two years, about two hundred tipo 104 motors were produced (though more than fifty of these were eventually installed in the upcoming Siata roadster).
The Otto Vu automobile was even more rare, with approximately 114 examples built through 1954. While at least forty of these cars were bodied with the factory coachwork by Rapi, the other chassis were clothed by coachbuilders such as Balbo, Pinin Farina, Vignale and Zagato.
Delivered new to Heilbronn, Germany, this unrestored 8V Rapi was bought early in its life by Larry Vivian, a US soldier remaining in Germany, during the cold war. Larry raced the car in Germany and took it with him to the US and kept it until some 5 years ago, when it moved to Belgium. Larry was the second owner and has had the car over 40 years while keeping it totally original with only 47.000 kms on the odometer. Incredible archive photos come with the car even photos when it was transported by air plane.
Zoute Concours d'Elegance
The Royal Zoute Golf Club
Zoute Grand Prix 2016
Knokke - Belgium
Oktober 2016
Fiat 1200 Cabriolet (1962) Engine 1221cc S4 OHV
Registration Number 662 XUF (Imprted to the UK 2007 and given an age related registration number first allocated to Brighton)
FIAT ALBUM
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The Fiat 1200 series debuted in November 1957 at the Turin Motor Show. The two-model 1200 series was available in Granluce saloon and open Convertible known as the 1200 TV Trasformabile two-seater roadster, or simply 1200 Spider in export markets with sensuous bodywork with its design largely influenced by Fabio Luigi Rapi, Fiat's design director. Inside there was a strip speedometer, and the saloon's steering wheel replaced the wood-rimmed, aluminium-spoked one of the Trasformabile. A novelty feature were swiveling seats, which rotated outwards to facilitate ingress and egress.
In 1959 the Spider was replaced by the Pininfarina-designed 1200 Cabriolet. with a sleek new Pininfarina-designed body with styling quite similar to that of Ferrari's contemporary 250GTPF coupés, especially with the optional hardtop installed. Wind-up windows and swivelling seats remained standard while the new split mesh-patterned grille incorporated angled sides, recalling the prior Rapi-designed Spiders of 1957 and 1958. Alternatively known as either the 1200 Cabriolet or the 1200 Spider, these handsome cars were built by Fiat's Vetture Speciali (special cars) unit.
This car was exported new to the USA, and its first owner in Iowa, imported to the UK in 2007 having only had that one owner and with 37,000 miles from new, it was restored in 2011.. In 2012 it went to Ireland were the owner regularly showed his Fiat, returning to England in early 2015. Described as all good, and all original apart from a professional respray, and with the optional hard top.
Offered for auction at the Historics at Brooklands sale 6thJune 2015, when photographed with a guide price of £ 13,500 to £ 17,500, it sold for £ 20,160
Many thanks for a fantabulous 36,435,400 views (recalculated by Flickr)
Shot at Brooklands Museum, H+H Auction 06:06:2015 Ref 106-562
The basic design for the Vedette-Series came from Ford, Detroit, but the finishing off was done by Fabio Luigi Rapi (It, 1902-?). The Vedette had all luxury of those days incorporated.
In the first years the Vedette Series was also sold in the Netherlands and Germany as Ford Vedette.
For 1958 a restyle for the tail and front was done (2nd generation Vedette). Also received the body a new panoramic windscreen.
The Beaulieu was the cheapest of the Vedette Phase II range.
After 1961 production was continued in Brazil.
2351 cc 8 cylinder engine.
Production Vedette Series: 1954-1961.
Production Vedette Beaulieu: 1957-1961.
Picture taken from a 1950s postcard, send in Marseille, on Aug. 29, 1959.
Original photographer unknown.
Postcard issued probably by Simca France as a publicity card.
Collection Sander Toonen, Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Sept. 21, 2017.
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Fabrikant: Autobianchi
Productie: 1964-1965
Ontwerper: Luigi Rapi
Type: 2-drs cabrio
Motor: 767 cc
Transmissie: 4 versnellingen handgeschakeld
Wielbasis: 2,000 m / 78,7 inch
Lengte: 3,670 m / 144,5 inch
Breedte: 1,430 m / 56,3 inch
Rijklaar gewicht: 660 kg
Fiat Otto Vu
Ex-Works
Coachwork by Rapi - Fiat
Chassis no. 000032
Displacing just under two liters, the Tipo 104 motor V8 featured an unusual 70° architecture, as well as advanced racing components such as a finned aluminum sump, forged crankshaft, polished intakes and ports, and tubular 4x1 stainless steel exhaust manifolds. As Giacosa later noted of the V-8 in his autobiography, "the idea of mounting it on a sports car for a small production run was attractive and aroused the keenest interest among the design engineers."
And so was born the Fiat 8V, which featured the only overhead-valve V-8 that Fiat ever built during its long and storied history. Known in Italy as the Otto Vu, the new model was positioned as a luxury grand touring sports car.To maintain the necessary quality-control for such a high-end product, the fabrication of the chassis was farmed out to Giorgio Ambrosini's Siata, the tuning specialists that had long served as Fiat's in-house competition and customization department. This choice was probably further facilitated by Ghia owner Mario Felice Boano's 1950 hiring of Luigi Segre, a former Siata sales manager, as Ghia's sales director.
The Otto Vu made its public debut at the Geneva Salon in March 1952, and immediately impressed all who saw it with Fiat's ability to produce such a jewel-like automobile. Over the following two years, about two hundred tipo 104 motors were produced (though more than fifty of these were eventually installed in the upcoming Siata roadster).
The Otto Vu automobile was even more rare, with approximately 114 examples built through 1954. While at least forty of these cars were bodied with the factory coachwork by Rapi, the other chassis were clothed by coachbuilders such as Balbo, Pinin Farina, Vignale and Zagato.
The 8V Rapi Corsa presented here was delivered new in Milan where it was owned and raced by Scuderia Ambrosiana. The car was fitted with lightweight body and sliding windows, it was raced in the 1953 Mille Miglia finishing 18th overall. Sold to Vincenzo Aurricchio in 1954 and it participated again in the Mille Miglia that same year where it didn’t finish.
1.996 cc
V8
115 HP
Vmax : 190 km/h
114 ex. (Fiat Otto Vu)
Special Coachwork Postwar
Concours d'Elégance Paleis Het Loo 2017
Apeldoorn
Nederland - Netherlands
July 2017
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The Fiat 8V (or "Otto Vu") is a sports car produced by the Italian automaker Fiat from 1952 to 1954. The car was introduced at the 1952 Geneva Motor Show. The Fiat 8V got its name because at the time of its making Ford had acopyright on the term V8. They weren't a commercial success, but did well in racing. Apart from the differential the car did not share any parts with the other Fiats (but many parts were made by Siata and they used them for their cars). The 8V was developed by Dante Giacosa and the stylist Luigi Rapi. The engine was a V8 originally designed for a luxury sedan, but that project was stopped. The Fiat V8 had a 70 degree V configuration of up to a 1996 cc of volume, at 5600 rpm the engine produced 105 hp (78 kW) in standard form giving a top speed of 190 km/h (118 mph). The engine was connected to a four speed gearbox. The car had independent suspension all round and drum brakes on all four wheels.
Top management were preoccupied with more run of the mill projects, however, and only 114 of the high-performance coupés had been produced by the time the cars were withdrawn from production in 1954.[1]Nevertheless, they continued to win the Italian 2-litre GT championship every year until 1959.
34 of the cars had a factory produced bodywork by Carozzeria Speciale FIAT. Some cars had the bodywork done by other Italian coachbuilders. Carozzeria Zagato made 30 that they labelled "Elaborata Zagato". Ghia and Vignalealso made bodyworks. Most were coupés, but some spyders were made as well.
(Wikipedia)
After Simca took over Ford France in Sept. 1954 existing plans for the new Vedette Series for 1955 were executed without delay.
The basic design for the Vedette-Series came from Ford, Detroit, but the finishing off was done by Fabio Luigi Rapi (It, 1902-?). The Vedette had all luxury of those days incorporated.
In the first years the Vedette Series was also sold in the Netherlands and Germany as Ford Vedette.
For 1958 a restyle for the tail and front was done (2nd generation Vedette). Also received the body a new panoramic windscreen.
After 1961 production was continued in Brazil.
2351 cc 8 cylinder engine.
Production Vedette Series: 1954-1961.
Production Vedette Chambord: 1958-1961.
New French semi-historical reg. number.
Number seen: 1.
La Ferté-Saint-Aubin (Loiret, Fr.), Rue des Temples, July 30, 2017.
© 2017 Sander Toonen Amsterdam | All Rights Reserved
Fiat Otto Vu
Ex-Works
Coachwork by Rapi - Fiat
Chassis no. 000032
Displacing just under two liters, the Tipo 104 motor V8 featured an unusual 70° architecture, as well as advanced racing components such as a finned aluminum sump, forged crankshaft, polished intakes and ports, and tubular 4x1 stainless steel exhaust manifolds. As Giacosa later noted of the V-8 in his autobiography, "the idea of mounting it on a sports car for a small production run was attractive and aroused the keenest interest among the design engineers."
And so was born the Fiat 8V, which featured the only overhead-valve V-8 that Fiat ever built during its long and storied history. Known in Italy as the Otto Vu, the new model was positioned as a luxury grand touring sports car.To maintain the necessary quality-control for such a high-end product, the fabrication of the chassis was farmed out to Giorgio Ambrosini's Siata, the tuning specialists that had long served as Fiat's in-house competition and customization department. This choice was probably further facilitated by Ghia owner Mario Felice Boano's 1950 hiring of Luigi Segre, a former Siata sales manager, as Ghia's sales director.
The Otto Vu made its public debut at the Geneva Salon in March 1952, and immediately impressed all who saw it with Fiat's ability to produce such a jewel-like automobile. Over the following two years, about two hundred tipo 104 motors were produced (though more than fifty of these were eventually installed in the upcoming Siata roadster).
The Otto Vu automobile was even more rare, with approximately 114 examples built through 1954. While at least forty of these cars were bodied with the factory coachwork by Rapi, the other chassis were clothed by coachbuilders such as Balbo, Pinin Farina, Vignale and Zagato.
The 8V Rapi Corsa presented here was delivered new in Milan where it was owned and raced by Scuderia Ambrosiana. The car was fitted with lightweight body and sliding windows, it was raced in the 1953 Mille Miglia finishing 18th overall. Sold to Vincenzo Aurricchio in 1954 and it participated again in the Mille Miglia that same year where it didn’t finish.
1.996 cc
V8
115 HP
Vmax : 190 km/h
114 ex. (Fiat Otto Vu)
Special Coachwork Postwar
Concours d'Elégance Paleis Het Loo 2017
Apeldoorn
Nederland - Netherlands
July 2017
Fiat 8V (Otto Vu) (1952-54) Engine 1996cc V8 Production 114 (all types)
Registration Number DAH 292 C (Norfolk)
FIAT SET
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The 8V was developed by Dante Giacosa and the stylist Luigi Rapi and unveiled at the 1952 Turin Motorshow.. Fiat chose to use the name 8V because they believed that Ford had a copyright on the name V8. Apart from the differential the car did not share any parts with the other Fiats though there was a crossover of parts with Siatta
The engine was a V8 originally designed for a luxury sedan, but that project was stopped..The Fiat V8 had a 70 degree V configuration, displaced 1,996 cc and was fitted with two twin-choke Weber 36 DCF 3 carburettors. with an output of 104bhp and a top speed of 118mph, which was uprated to 113bhp and finally 125bhp.
The cars did well in yhe Italian 2 litre GT Championship, with production ending in 1954, the cars continued to race winning the Italian 2 litre GT Championships every year until 1959..
Always a rare car with 114 of the high-performance coupés built, 34 of which were bodied by Fiat's Reparto Carrozzerie Speciali ("Special Bodies Department"). and 30 by Zagato Ghia and Vignale also made bodyworks. Most were coupés, but some spyders were made as well.
This car is a Mark 2 of which only 34 were built, the Mark 1 had its headlights positioned in the grille aperture
This car is beleived to be the only example in the UK..
Many thanks for a fantabulous 43,251,064 views
Shot at the Silverstone Classic 14-15 July 2015- Ref 109-330
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The Fiat 8V (or "Otto Vu") is a sports car produced by the Italian automaker Fiat from 1952 to 1954. The car was introduced at the 1952 Geneva Motor Show. The Fiat 8V got its name because at the time of its making Ford had acopyright on the term V8. They weren't a commercial success, but did well in racing. Apart from the differential the car did not share any parts with the other Fiats (but many parts were made by Siata and they used them for their cars). The 8V was developed by Dante Giacosa and the stylist Luigi Rapi. The engine was a V8 originally designed for a luxury sedan, but that project was stopped. The Fiat V8 had a 70 degree V configuration of up to a 1996 cc of volume, at 5600 rpm the engine produced 105 hp (78 kW) in standard form giving a top speed of 190 km/h (118 mph). The engine was connected to a four speed gearbox. The car had independent suspension all round and drum brakes on all four wheels.
Top management were preoccupied with more run of the mill projects, however, and only 114 of the high-performance coupés had been produced by the time the cars were withdrawn from production in 1954.[1]Nevertheless, they continued to win the Italian 2-litre GT championship every year until 1959.
34 of the cars had a factory produced bodywork by Carozzeria Speciale FIAT. Some cars had the bodywork done by other Italian coachbuilders. Carozzeria Zagato made 30 that they labelled "Elaborata Zagato". Ghia and Vignalealso made bodyworks. Most were coupés, but some spyders were made as well.
(Wikipedia)