The first style for the 8V by Fiat's chief designer Luigi Rapi.
Overview
Manufacturer
Fiat
Production
1952–1954 (114 made)
Designer
Dante Giacosa Luigi Rapi[1]
Body and chassis
Class
Sports car
Body style
2-door coupé
Layout
Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Related
Siata 208s Siata 208 CS
Powertrain
Engine
2.0 L Fiat tipo 104 V8
Transmission
4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase
2,400 mm (94.5 in)[2]
Length
4,040 mm (159.1 in)[2]
Width
1,570 mm (61.8 in)[2]
Height
1,290 mm (50.8 in)[2]
Kerb weight
997 kg (2,198 lb)[2]
First style headlights1955 Berlinetta, 1 of 3 built by Fiat
The Fiat 8V (or "Otto Vu") is a V8-engined sports car produced by the Italian car manufacturer Fiat from 1952 to 1954. The car was introduced at the 1952 Geneva Motor Show. The Fiat 8V got its name because at the time of its making, Fiat believed Ford had a copyright on "V8".[3] With 114 made, the 8V was not a commercial success but did well in racing. Apart from the differential, the car did not share any parts with the other Fiats; many parts were made by Siata and they used them for their cars. The 8V was developed by Dante Giacosa and the stylist Luigi Rapi.[1] The engine was a V8 originally designed for a luxury sedan, but that project was stopped.
The Fiat V8 had a 70 degree V configuration, displaced 1,996 cc and was fitted with two twin-choke Weber 36 DCF 3 carburettors. In its first iteration (type 104.000) the engine had a compression ratio of 8.5:1 and produced 105 PS (77 kW; 104 hp) at 5,600 rpm, giving the car a top speed of 190 km/h (118 mph). Improved type 104.003 had different camshaft timing for 115 PS (85 kW; 113 hp) at 6,000 rpm; finally type 104.006 with an 8.75:1 compression ratio, revised camshaft timing and fuel system put out 127 PS (93 kW; 125 hp) at 6,600 rpm.[2]
The engine was connected to a four speed gearbox. The car had independent suspension all round and drum brakes on all four wheels.
Top management were preoccupied with more run of the mill projects, however, and only 114 of the high-performance coupés had been produced by the time the cars were withdrawn from production in 1954.[4] Nevertheless, they continued to win the Italian 2-litre GT championship every year until 1959.[4]
34 of the cars had a factory produced bodywork by Fiat's Dipartimento Carrozzerie Derivate e Speciali ("Special Bodies Department"). Some cars had the bodywork done by other Italian coachbuilders. Carrozzeria Zagato made 30[5] that they labelled "Elaborata Zagato". Ghia and Vignale also made bodyworks. Most were coupés, but some cabriolets were made as well.[6]
An example fitted with a factory-style glass-fibre reinforced plastic body was displayed at the 1954 Turin Motor Show.[2] The composite bodyshell—produced by Fiat's experimental bodywork department—weighed just 48.5 kg (106.9 lb).[7] This 8V is a part of FCA Heritage collection and currently resides in the Centro Storico Fiat in Turin.[8]
^ ab"Fiat 8V". fcaheritage.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ abcdefgFiat—Tutti i modelli del Novecento. Vol. I. Editoriale Domus. 2010. pp. 274–277.
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^ abBulmer, Charles (12 June 1971). "Dante Giacosa: From wartime to the present day, Paul Frère concludes his profile of a great engineer". Motor. No. 3597. pp. 20–22.
^Osborne, Donald (June 2012). "1953 Fiat 8V Zagato". Sports Car Market. 24 (6): 50–51. That the Fiat 8V has such an excellent competition record can largely be put down to the 30 Zagato-bodied examples, which performed so much better than the factory-bodied cars.
^"1953 Fiat 8V Cabriolet by Vignale".
^"Velocità, eleganza, la Fiat al Salone di Torino". La Stampa. 28 April 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^"Fiat 8V in vetroresina del 1954". auto.it (in Italian). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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