When you hear the word “coupé”, the brain immediately figures out a big, expensive car with a long nose holding inside a big V8 engine. This is not the case. This little coupé, built by Vignale coachworks in the mid sixties, was based on Fiat 1300 Berlina (sedan) chassis and engine. It was a cheap… Read More Think different: 1965 Fiat 1300S Coupé by Vignale
Update, June 25: Again, who we think is the new owner asked us to remove the article. And again, we won’t remove anything. But, as we suppose that the “problem” is to not disclose the asking price, we’ll delete such price. This car is a witness of the great italian coachbuilders era. This special car… Read More A special one: 1957 Fiat 1100 TV Desireé by Vignale
In 1959, Salvatore Ruffino commissioned to Giovanni Michelotti, the top-notch italian car designer at the time, the task to design a sport coupé based on Triumph TR3 chassis and engine. The grey car in the photo is the result of such work. It seems a wonderful specimen and has still its original black plate. The… Read More Michelotti job: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
No other words could describe better this Vignale-Michelotti masterpiece. This was the first street car built by Karl Abarth, after the Cisitalia-Abarth 204. This car followed the decision to build a gran turismo berlinetta for a wealthy clientele: a brand new chassis was built, along with an aluminium coach. The 205-101 had a heavily tuned… Read More State of Art: 1950 Abarth 205-A by Vignale
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