Fiat 8V Vignale Coupe 1952

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At the 1952 Geneva Motorshow, Fiat stunned the gathered crowd with an all new car, developed especially for racing. Powered by a 2 litre V8 engine, the car was simply known as '8V' or 'Otto Vu' in Italian. This to prevent problems with Ford, who, Fiat believed at the time, had claimed the V8 type-name. It was designed specifically to take on the two litre class, which was a highly contested class of the Italian championship. Fiat faced competition from Maserati, Ferrari and Lancia, who all had a two litre racer.

Power: 110 bhp
Torque: 146 Nm

Weight: 930 kg

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............It's a cracking beauty, this one, but OP needs some clarification, here's 1953 8V Vignale:
fiat_8v_1.jpg


http://vignale.org/fiat_8v.html

8V had many, many body types built by leading coachbuilders of the time, including Ghia and Zagato.
Also, the rear view photo is for a wrong car - 8V Vignale's rear end look like this:

Fiat8V_d3pop.jpg


To cap it off, here's the correct interior shot:

Fiat8V_d1pop.jpg


............You're welcome.
 

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