1940 Fiat 2800 Berlinetta (coackwork Touring)
Another great lot during Retromobile in Paris next week... This rare 1940 Fiat 2800 Berlinetta with a coachwork by Carrozzeria Touring (only three examples) will heading to auction through RM Sotheby's for about € 200.000. Piece of history...
History of the Fiat 2800 Berlinetta
The Fiat 2800 was produced by Fiat between 1938 and 1944, 624 examples were built with 210 for military use. Only 3 were bodied by Carrozzeria Touring, Italian automobile coachbuilder founded in Milan in 1925.
This luxury car was bought by the Italian elite like the King Vittorio Emanuele III or the Pope but also by the Partito Nazionale Fascista (Benitio Mussolini). This example could be used in his escape out of Italy in 1945... (Documents on file allude to this, yet none are conclusive.- source RM Sotheby's).
Specification
The Fiat 2800 has a 2,852 cc I6 engine with 4-speed manual producing 84 hp at 4,000 rpm with a top speed of 130 kmh.
This model was restored in black and red colour scheme... Very nice and rare example.
Lot Auction
| Date : | 6 February 2019 |
| Place : | Paris, France |
| Price : | € 200.000 - € 250.000 |
| Link : | RM Sotheby's Paris |
Another great lots during this sale :
| Delahaye 135MS Coupe | € 300,000 | More |
| Bizzarrini 128P Barchetta | € 175,000 | More |
| OSCA 1600 GT2 Coupé | € 125,000 | More |
| Bugatti EB110 Super Sport | € 125,000 | More |
Sources
RM Sotheby's Paris
Lot : Fiat 2800 Berlinetta
On Wiki :
Fiat 2800
Carrozzeria Touring
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Cars from the past. So simple but so aureate. That Berlinetta is not a exception...
Very nice photos.
Indeed the design at this time was beautiful....
the cars of the 40s have always interested me. mostly because I know so little about them. I grew up in love with the 50s cars. This one looks like a stretch, luxury version of a 1940s Ford
I like also the cars of this time, especially for the design.
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