The Francis Lombardi 850 Grand Prix was one of the more unusual Italian small-series sports cars built around Fiat 850 mechanicals. Its low, compact fastback body and rear-engined layout gave it a character quite different from the standard Fiat, while production remained limited enough for surviving cars to be genuinely uncommon today. The model also… Read More Racing livery: 1970 Francis Lombardi 850 Grand Prix
The Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 was created as a homologation special for NASCAR, where the dramatically sloped rear window and extended rear deck were designed to improve aerodynamic performance on high-speed oval tracks. Produced only for the 1986 model year, just 1,225 examples left the factory, making it one of the rarest G-body derivatives and… Read More 1,992 Miles: 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix Aerocoupé
We know many of you are thinking, “Hey, this is a Francis Lombardi,” and you’re actually pretty much right, but the truth is a little more complicated. We know in fact that this model, built by the Piedmontese Francis Lombardi, has taken on various names and different characteristics: the first that comes to mind is… Read More Rare texan: 1971 OTAS Grand Prix 820cc
If, at the end of the 1960s, you had been Italian twenties, not necessarily rich, but at least wealthy, you probably would have asked your father for a car like this. And in fact the target of this car was precisely the kids who could afford a car with a sporty but not as expensive… Read More Red toy: 1969 Francis Lombardi Grand Prix
Sometimes it is pleasant to see that there are variations of color for these small berlinettes produced on the basis of the Fiat 850: probably the green is what we like best, but also yellow is not bad at all. It is not bad, in particular if it is known the combination with the fabric… Read More Yellow, sometimes: 1969 Francis Lombardi Grand Prix
Ok, yesterday we proposed what looks like the same car, but in reality it is not. Here, in fact, we are talking about the same body (almost), the same interiors (even here, almost) but an engine and a very different origin. While the Scorpio SS was produced in Corso Marche in Turin, this was produced… Read More Yellow sleeper: 1971 Francis Lombardi Grand Prix
This is not the first Grand Prix we have published; In the past, others have been published because (if it is not clear) we like small Italian sports cars built in the 50s and 60s. Apparently, however, this Grand Prix is different. The seller claims that this is very rare as it belongs to a… Read More Flatside: 1968 Francis Lombardi Grand Prix
This is not the first time that we publish one of these specials based on the Fiat 850 chassis and engine, however it’s the first time we see one preserved like this one. Indeed the seller doesn’t say much about the car but that it is a complete car: we’d say that it’s even more… Read More Fading lines: 1969 Francis Lombardi Grand Prix
Fourty years ago there wasn’t a wide choice when you wanted a sports car but you had a little budget: factories like Francis Lombardi tried to fill this market gap. Of course we’re talking about the european maket which, generally, was afflicted by high taxes on big displacement car and by expensive gas prices, so… Read More Little hot wannabe: 1970 Francis Lombardi Grand Prix
Once again here it is a seller who doesn’t tell about the build year of the car he’s selling: the Grand Prix was built from 1968 to 1972 so let’s assume this is a 1970 car. A nearly fifty years old car which needs a lot of cares: this car has been parked for many… Read More Save me: 1970 Francis Lombardi Grand Prix
