The Fiat 1100 B Giardinetta shown here dates to 1949 and represents one of the earliest European interpretations of the station wagon concept, well before it became a standardized body style. The car is based on the Fiat 1100 B chassis and was bodied by Carrozzeria Viotti to a design by Mario Revelli di Beaumont.… Read More Italian woodie: 1949 Fiat 1100 B Giardinetta by Viotti
We didn’t know that as early as ’54 Viotti was already building these small coupés based on the Fiat 600. In fact, we have verified that the first Fiat 600s were delivered in 1955, so we doubt that this car could date back to ’54, as the seller claims. This is the “Coupé” version, much… Read More Cheap and chic / 2: 1955 Fiat 600 Coupé by Viotti
The trend of “Woody” cars was not exclusive to North America; Italians were already embracing it in the 1930s with the Fiat 500B and later with cars like this splendid Aurelia B53. By the early 1950s, this trend was on the decline, yet some nostalgics continued to commission cars with wooden body parts from carrozzerie.… Read More Woody style: 1952 Lancia Aurelia B53 Giardinetta by Viotti
Another day, another Fiat, but once again we are talking about a very special and very rare model. Very special as it is one of the very few (probably a hundred, but it is almost impossible to have a certain number, so we are talking about orders of magnitude) Fiat 600 Viotti in the coupé… Read More Little scorpion: 1956 Fiat 750 Coupé “Derivazione Abarth” by Viotti
Even if it seems to you that the line of this car is quite well known, it is likely that you are confused with a Fiat: but this is not. It is in fact one of the few Lancia Appia transformed by Viotti for a more “practical” use: despite this, the car has only two… Read More Special wagon: 1957 Lancia Appia Giardinetta by Viotti
We are not writing anything new when we argue that “Barn Find” conditions are what most fascinate collectors or simple enthusiasts, but when it comes to pre-war cars, it increases exponentially. We do not know what the history of this car is but it is the car itself that can tell us a part of… Read More Patina Monster/9: 1935 Lancia Augusta by Viotti
We can say that the first to have developed the concept of “sporty station wagon” were the Italians, at least judging by this model. Obviously “sporty” is a relative term: today this car would be surpassed in terms of performance by the cheapest car on the market, but then this was not a car for… Read More Ancient gold: 1954 Fiat 1100 TV Giardinetta by Viotti
It is not easy to find a classic car that is sold new and has remained in the same city, or at least around it. The above is the brief history of this Fiat 600 bodied by Viotti in the “Granluce” version: not rare and not even as beautiful as its sister Coupé, but certainly… Read More Same place, different car: 1962 Fiat 600 Granluce by Viotti
We have published some Fiat 600s built by Viotti, both in Coupé and Granluce versions, but it is the first time that we have had a green one. Christophe, the owner of this beautiful car, reported the ad to us and we did not miss the opportunity to comment on it. The photos available to… Read More Cute green: 1956 Fiat 600 Coupé by Viotti
Owning a rare car also means taking on the burden of working with parts that are difficult to find, as in the case of this Viotti. Actually, from the mechanical point of view, this car does not require a lot of effort since the chassis, engine, brakes, suspension are those of a Fiat 1200, produced… Read More The quest for parts: 1958 Fiat 1200 Granluce by Viotti
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