Of the many beautiful designs that emerged from Carrozzeria Zagato during the 1950s, few were as timelessly elegant as the berlinetta coachwork built for the Fiat 8V. Celebrated for engineer Dante Giacosa’s two-litre V-8 engine and Fabio Luigi Rapi’s voluptuous factory coachwork, the Otto Vu was publicly introduced at the Geneva Salon in March 1952. Zagato initially had no plans to work on the model until the company received a commission to clothe a private car for Milanese Fiat dealer Ovidio Capelli.
Fiat by Zagato
With Zagato’s lightweight aerodynamic coachwork mounted on the Otto Vu’s high-performance engine and advanced chassis, the 8V Zagato prototype showed great success at racing events over the next two years, prompting the company to consider a production run. At the Turin Salon in April 1954, the coachbuilder introduced a modified version of the prototype and just 26 coupés were built with Zagato coachwork in total.
- AB VOLVO
- AC CARS
- ACADIAN
- ACURA
- ADLER
- AEC
- ALFA ROMEO
- ALFA ROMEO BY ABARTH
- ALFA ROMEO BY BERTONE
- ALFA ROMEO BY CARROZZERIA TOURING
- ALFA ROMEO BY CASTAGNA
- ALFA ROMEO BY COLLI CAROZZERIA
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- ALFA ROMEO BY ZAGATO
- ALPINE(SOCIETE DESAUTOMOBILES ALPINE SAS)
- ALVIS
- ALVIS BY VANDEN PLAS
- AMC(American Motor Company)
- APRILIA
- ARMSTRONG WITHWORTH AIRPLANE COMPANY
- ASTON MARTIN
- ASTON MARTIN BY GRABER
- ASTON MARTIN BY VIGNALE
- ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA BY VIGNALE
- ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA LIMITED
- ATELIER DE CONSTRUCTION ROANNE
- ATKINSON VEHICLES LIMITED
- AUBURN BY BEUHRIG
- AUDI
- AUDI BY DARWINPRO
- AUSTIN MOTOR COMPANY Ltd.
- AUTOBIANCHI
- AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI S.p.A.
- AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI BY LB WORKS
- AUTO UNION
- AVIA MOTORS S.R.O.
- AVRO
- AvtoKuban
- BAE Systems AB
- BARKAS(VEB Barkas-Werke)
- BEDFORD
- BelAZ
- BELL
- BENTLEY
- BENTLEY BY PININFARINA
- BERLIET
- BERTONE
- BMW
- BMW BY ALPINA
- BMW by DarwinPRO
- BMW BY LIBERTY WORKS
- BORGWARD
- BRISTOL CARS LIMITED
- BRITISH LEYLAND
- BRM(British Racing Motors)
- BUGATTI
- BUGATTI BY BERTELLI
- BÜHRER TRAKTORENFABRIK AG.
- BUICK
- BUICK BY LANCEFIELD
- BUICK by PININFARINA
- CADILLAC(GENERAL MOTORS)
- Cadillac by ASC
- Cadillac by Derham.
- Cadillac by Fleetwood
- CADILLAC BY MILLER-METEOR
- CADILLAC BY PININFARINA
- CAGIVA
- CANADIAN MILITARY PATTERN(CHEVROLET)
- CATERPILLAR
- CHECKER MOTORS CORPORATION
- CHEVROLET
- CHEVROLET BY AMERICAN CUSTOM COACHWORKS.
- CHRYSLER
- CHRYSLER BY GHIA
- ChTZ(Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant)
- CISITALIA BY PININFARINA OR VIGNALE
- Citroën
- Citroën by H.Chapron
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- COMMER
- CONDOR-WERKE AG
- CORD BY HAYES BODY COMPANY
- DACIA
- DAF
- DAIMLER(D)
- DAIMLER(UK)
- DAIMLER BY WILCOX
- DATSUN
- DB PANHARD
- DE HAVILLAND
- DE HAVILLAND BY MORRIS MOTOR COMPANY
- DELAGE(SAFAD)
- DELAGE BY AUTOBINEAU
- DELAGE FERNANDEZ & DARRIN
- DELAGE BY LETOURNEUR & MARCHAND
- DELAHAYE
- DELAHAYE BY CHAPRON
- DELAHAYE BY FIGONI & FALASCHI
- DELAHAYE BY GILLORE
- DELPHI INDY CAR
- DENZEL AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
- DESOTO(CHRYSLER)
- DE TOMASO
- DEUTSCH-BONNET(Panhard engine)
- DEUTZ-FAHR
- DEVON MOTORWORKS
- DIFFERENT CAR MODELS
- DISNEY
- DKW
- DODGE(CHRYSLER)
- DODGE BY GHIA
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- DUCATI MOTOR COMPANY S.p.A.
- DUESENBERG
- DUESENBERG BY BOHMAN & SCHWARTZ
- DUESENBERG BY D'IETEREN
- DUESENBERG BY FIGONI
- DUESENBERG BY G.NUTTING
- DUESENBERG BY LAGRANDE
- DUESENBERG BY MURPHY
- DUESENBERG BY ROLLSON
- DUPLE COACHBUILDERS
- DV BUS & COACH
- DZERZHINSKY PLANT KIEV
- EBRO
- EDSEL
- Eidgenössische Konstruktionswerkstätte
- EMW(Eisenacher Motorenwerk)
- ENFIELD
- ERICH BITTER AUTOMODELS GmbH(BITTER)
- EUROCOPTER GROUP
- FACEL S.A.
- FBW(Franz Brozincevic Wetzikon)
- FENDT
- FERRARI S.p.A.
- FERRARI BY BERTONE
- FERRARI BY GHIA
- FERRARI BY DROGO CARROZZERIA SPORTS CAR
- FERRARI BY MICHELOTTI
- FERRARI BY PININFARINA
- FERRARI BY SCAGLIETTI
- FERRARI BY TOURING
- FERRARI BY VIGNALE
- FERRARI BY ZAGATO
- FFA(Flug-und Fahrzeug Werke Altenrhein)
- FIAT
- FIAT BY ABARTH
- FIAT BY BERTONE
- FIAT BY CARROZZERIA ALFREDO VIGNALE
- FIAT BY LOMBARDI
- FIAT BY ZAGATO
- FMC(Food Machinery Corporation)
- FODEN
- FORD BY COSWORTH
- FORD BY CRAYFORD
- FORD BY LOTUS
- FORD BY SHELBY
- FORD EUROPA
- FORDSON BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- FORD U.S.A.
- FREIGHTLINER(Daimler truck North America)
- FSO WARSZAWA
- GAZ(Gorky Automobile Plant)
- GENERAL MOTORS
- GINETTA-FORD
- GMC
- HARLAND & WOLF
- HANOMAG
- HARLEY DAVIDSON
- HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS-NASCAR
- HEINKEL
- HENSCHEL & SON
- HHA(Hawker Hunter Aviation Ltd)
- HILLMAN BY ZAGATO
- HILLMAN MOTOR COMPANY
- HISPANO-SUIZA
- HISPANO-SUIZA BY FERNANDEZ & DARRIN
- HOLDEN(GENERAL MOTORS)
- HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI
- HYMER CAMPERS
- HOMMELL
- HORCH
- HOTCHKISS ET CIE
- HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY
- HUMBER LIMITED
- HUMMER
- HÜRLIMANN
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
- IAME(Industrias y Mecanicas del Estado IAME)
- IKARUS
- IMPERIAL(Chrysler)
- IMPERIAL(Crysler) BY GHIA
- IMPERIAL(Chrysler)BY LE BARON
- INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
- INVICTA BY CHARLESWORTH
- INVICTA BY TOURER
- ISO AUTOMOTOVEICOLA S.p.A.
- ISOTTA FRASCHINI & Co
- ISOTTA FRASCHINI BY ZAGATO
- IVECO
- ISUZU MOTORS Ltd
- JAGUAR
- JAGUAR BY BERTONE
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- JEEP(FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES)
- JENSEN MOTORS
- JLC
- JOE GIBBS RACING-NASCAR
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- KAWASAKI
- KAZ(Kutaisi Auto Mechanical Plant)
- KENWORTH
- KhTZ(Karkivski Tractorni Zavod)
- KIEV ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION PLANT
- KIROV ZAVOD
- KMZ(Kragnorsky Mechanical Works)
- KOENIGSEGG
- KÖPFLI
- KrAZ
- KURGANMASHZAVOD
- LADA(AvtoVAZ)
- LANCIA
- LANCIA BY COLLI CAROZZERIA
- LANCIA BY ZAGATO
- LAND ROVER BY CUTHBERTSON
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- LAND ROVER(TATA MOTORS)
- LANZ
- LEA-FRANCIS
- LEXUS
- LEYLAND MOTORS
- LIAZ(Liderecké Avtomobilové Zavody)
- LIGIER AUTOMOBILES
- LINCOLN
- LINCOLN BY CARIBOU MOTOR COMPANY
- LOLA
- LOTUS
- MACK
- MAGIRUS-DEUTZ
- MALAGUTI
- MALYSHEV FACTORY
- MAN
- MARMON MOTOR COMPANY
- MASERATI
- MASERATI BY BERTONE
- MASERATI BY CARROZZERIA FANTUZZI
- MASERATI BY PIETRO FRUA
- MASERATI BY ZAGATO
- MATRA
- MATRA SIMCA
- MAVERICK MOTORS
- MAYBACH(DAIMLER-BENZ)
- MAYBACH BY WAGNER-SPOHN
- MAZ(MINSK AUTOMOBILE PLANT)
- MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- McDonnell Douglas
- MCI(MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC.)
- McLAREN
- McLAREN HONDA F1 TEAM
- MELKUS
- MENARDS RACING-NASCAR
- MENGERS Special Cars GmbH
- MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 TEAM
- MERCEDES-BENZ
- MERCEDES BY AMG
- MERCEDES-BENZ AMG BY DARWINPRO
- MERCEDES BY ARMBRUSTER
- MERCEDES-BENZ BY CORSICA
- MERCEDES BY SAOUTCHIC
- MERCURY(FORD MOTOR COMPANY)
- MESSERSCHMITT
- MEYERS MANX(VW engine)
- MINI BY BMW
- MINI by RADFORD
- MG(SIAC)
- MG BY BERTONE
- MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION
- MORANE-SAULNIER
- MORGAN OLSEN
- MORETTI MOTOR Co.
- MORRIS
- MORRIS BY ZAGATO
- MOTO GUZZI
- MOTOBECANE
- MV AUGUSTA
- MZMA(Moskwitch)
- NAMI(Automotive Institute)
- NASH MOTOR COMPANY
- NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL
- NEOPLAN
- NISSAN BY LIBERTY WALK
- NISSAN BY PANDEM
- NISSAN MOTORS
- NISSAN MOTORSPORT INTERNATIONAL Co.Ltd.
- NISSAN NISMO RACING TEAM
- North American Aviation (NAA)
- Norton Motorcycle Company
- NSU
- OLDSMOBILE(GENERAL MOTORS)
- OM(Officine Meccaniche)
- Omohundro
- OPEL
- OSCA
- OSCA BY FISSORE
- PACKARD
- PAGANI AUTOMOBILI S.p.A.
- PANHARD
- PANOZ
- PAZ(Pavlovo Bus Company)
- PEGASO
- PEGASO BY SAOUTCHIC
- PETERBILT
- PEUGEOT
- PIERCE ARROW
- PILATUS AIRCRAFT Ltd
- PLYMOUTH
- PONTIAC(GENERAL MOTORS)
- PORSCHE
- Porsche by Gemballa
- PORSCHE BY RWB
- PP SAUBER A.G.
- PRAGA
- PROTON HOLDINGS BERHAD
- PTMF
- RAMBLER
- RAMSES AUTOMOBILES(NSU)
- RANGE ROVER BY HAMANN
- RAPID HOLDING Ltd
- R/C(RADIO CONTROL MODELS)
- RED BULL RACING
- RENAULT
- RENAULT BY GORDINI
- RENAULT SAMSUNG MOTORS
- REYNARD MOTORSPORT(Chrysler engine).
- RIGA CARRIAGE WORKS
- ROLLS-ROYCE
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY BREWSTER & Co.
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY GHIA
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY HOOPER & Co.
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY PARK WARD
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY PININFARINA
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY WILLOUGHBY
- ROSENGART
- ROVER BY ZAGATO
- ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT(RAE)
- RUAG HOLDING Ltd
- RVR(Rigas Vagonbuves Rupnica)
- SAAB
- SAAB BY SIXTEN SASON
- SAURER UND BERNA
- SAVA(AUSTIN)
- SCANIA(VW AG)
- SCAMMEL LORRIES Ltd
- SCHLÜTER
- SCIMITAR BY BROOKS STEVENS
- SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS
- SEAT BY ABARTH
- SETRA
- SHASTA TRAILER
- SHELBY
- SIATA(FIAT ENGINE)
- SIMCA
- SMEAL-SPARTAN
- SPICE ENGINEERING
- SPYKER CARS
- SKODA AUTO
- SLOT CARS
- SLOT CAR FERRARI
- SMART
- STANGUELLINI
- STEYR-DAIMLER-PUCH
- STEYR WERKE AG
- SOCIEDAD ESPAGNOLA DE AUTOMOVICES DE TURISMO(SEAT).
- STUDEBAKER BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
- STUTZ
- STUTZ BY LANCEFIELD
- SUBARU
- SUD AVIATION
- SUNBEAM
- SUNBEAM BY ALAN FRAZER RACING
- SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
- SVARZ PLANT
- TALBOT
- TALBOT-LAGO BY SAOUTCHIC
- TATRA
- TEAM PENSKE-NASCAR
- TESLA,Inc.
- THE BILL TOMAS CHEETAH
- THE LONDON TAXI COMPANY
- THORNYCROFT
- TOEBEHOREN
- TOYOTA BY ARCTIC TRUCK
- TOYOTA BY THE FJ COMPANY
- TOYOTA BY JMACX
- TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
- TRABANT(VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerk)
- TRIUMPH STANDART MOTOR COMPANY
- TRIDENTS CARS Ltd
- TROLZA(ZiU)
- TUCKER CORPORATION
- TVR
- TVR BY FISSORE
- UAZ(YA3)
- UDI(United Defense Industries)
- UKVZ
- UNIC
- URAL AUTOMOTIVE PLANT
- VAN HOOL
- VAUXHALL MOTORS
- VENTURI
- VERITAS AUTOMOBILE
- VESPA/PIAGGIO & Co S.p.A.
- VEVEY
- VgTZ
- VICKERS SUPERMARINE(AIRCRAFT)COMPANY LTD
- VOLKSWAGEN
- VOLKSWAGEN BY D'Ieteren
- VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
- VOLVO TRUCKS
- Wanderer-DKW
- WARTBURG(VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach)
- WESTERN STAR TRUCK SALES Inc.
- WILLYS JEEP
- WINNEBAGO TRAILER
- YAMAHA MOTOR Co,.Ltd
- YaMZ(Yaroslavl Motor Plant)
- ZiL
- ZIS
- ZÜNDAPP
- ZWEEFVLIEGTUIGEN(gliders)