Top 10 rarest and most expensive Fiats ever
Did you know that some of the Turin brand's masterpieces are worth millions? Here are some Fiat dream cars
If you think Fiat cars are just cheap hatchbacks, get ready to change your mind. Yes, because in its 125-year history, Fiat has also been a successful racing brand, producing luxury and sports cars and even a powerful model called the 8V (Fiat's way of writing V8) because of its mighty eight-cylinder engine.
Some of these Italian gems have become collectors' classics and there are Fiats worth millions sold at the world's most important auctions and kept in museums.
To prove that even a Fiat can be a masterpiece of a car to be treasured and handed down to posterity, we have decided to offer you this list of the rarest and most expensive Fiats ever.
The list contains many obvious choices and a few surprises, from the aforementioned 'Ottovù' to the tiny 'Cinquino' and the equally popular 1100. Join us to find out which of these ten works of art are made in Turin, selected from among the best known and most popular. This does not detract from the fact that there are others of even greater value in private collections or in the most important museums.
Fiat Nuova 500 (1964) - £47,700
Fiat Nuova 500 (1964), the most expensive Cinquino ever
The best way to start the list of the most valuable and rare Fiat cars is with the legendary 'Cinquino', also known as the Fiat 500 or in its official designation, the Fiat Nuova 500. One of the Italian manufacturer's most iconic cars, the 500 wouldn't be in the brand's Top 10 for value, but it is impossible not to mention the 500 that costs the most.
It is a 1964 Fiat 500 D, not even the rarest or oldest in the Cinquino lineage, which at a 2021 Bonhams auction in the Netherlands must have bewitched the new buyer who went so far as to spend a whopping £47,700 to get it. The little one in question is painted Aquamarine Green and underwent a quality restoration in 2016 to present itself in what is described as excellent condition. It is to be believed, given the price.
Fiat 522 C Torpedo Sport Viotti (1931) - £434,000
Fiat 522 C Torpedo Sport Viotti (1931), half a million euro for a classic
Continuing the escalation of rarities and ever-higher prices, we discover a pre-war car like the 1931 Fiat 522 C Torpedo Sport, another unique example with Viotti coachwork also exhibited at the 1932 Olympia Motor Show in London.
For Fiat, it represented a return to sports cars, with a 2.5-litre straight-six engine and 52 PS. Sold in May 2019 by Finarte for £434,000, this Fiat belonged to Giulio Vignale (grandson of coachbuilder Alfredo Vignale) who registered it in Italy in 1972 with the personalised number plate 'TOG00522'.
Fiat 1100C Spider Frua (1946) - £459,000
Fiat 1100C Spider Frua (1946), unique example worth over half a million euro
A unique example and the first work of a famous coachbuilder. These are two factors that make the Fiat 1100C Spider built by Pietro Frua in 1946 and runner-up in its class in the 1947 Coppa Villa d'Este, truly special.
The first car created by Frua is an exceptional exercise in style based on the Italian saloon with a 1,098 cc four-cylinder engine and was thoroughly restored in 2016. It is now immaculate and was sold at Bonhams auction in January 2019 for the equivalent of £459,000.
Fiat Eden Roc Pinin Farina (1956) - £525,000
Fiat Eden Roc Pinin Farina (1956), on the beach with the Agnelli family
There is also a 'spiaggina' among the most expensive Fiat cars ever, but it is perhaps the most famous summer car from the Turin-based company. It's the 1956 Fiat Eden Roc made in two examples by Pinin Farina for the Agnelli family.
The base is the Fiat 600 Multipla, completely open in bodywork, with no doors, a low windscreen and luxury speedboat-style mahogany and teak wood trim. Sold in 2015 at auction Gooding & Company in California for the equivalent of £525,000.
Fiat Tipo 6 Demi-Tonneau (1911) - £700,000
Fiat Tipo 6 Demi-Tonneau (1911), more than a hundred years old and counting
A return to the origins of the Fiat marque is the 1911 Fiat Tipo 6 Demi-Tonneau four-seater, one of the most luxurious cars of its time, powered by the 9-litre, 75 PS four-cylinder engine and with chain drive.
It was one of 28 examples built, perfectly restored and sold in 2015 by Gooding & Company at Pebble Beach for the equivalent of £700,000.
Fiat 8V Vignale (1954) - £1,800,000
Fiat 8V Vignale (1954), one of nine built
The first of the 8Vs on this list is also the most expensive Fiat ever to change hands at an Italian auction, with a hammer price of £1,800,000.
The reason lies in both the rarity of the model and the special bodywork of this 1954 Fiat 8V Vignale, the only 'coupé-corsa' of the nine Vignale coupés designed by Michelotti. In addition there is a long sporting history that includes the 1955 Mille Miglia and a total of 37 races. The car was sold in Italy by Finarte in 2018.
Fiat 8V Supersonic Ghia (1953) - £2,010,000
Fiat 8V Supersonic Ghia (1953), two million euros for supersonic styling
With the 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic, we continue with the large group of precious '8V', specifically a special Ghia body designed by Giovanni Savonuzzi.
We are talking about one of 14 examples built with futuristic aeronautical forms on the trellis chassis and a two-litre 135 PS V8 engine. The example sold in 2023 by RM Sotheby's for the equivalent of £2,010,000 was perfectly preserved by just four owners and received meticulous restoration between 2011 and 2014.
Fiat 8V Berlinetta Zagato (1953) - £2,308,000
Fiat 8V Berlinetta Zagato (1953), racing engine and pure 'Z' design
Another Fiat 8V worth millions, but this time we're talking about the 1953 Fiat 8V Berlinetta Zagato, the work of the famous Milanese coachbuilder Zagato who built 26 of them with closed bodywork, with ever-so-slightly different shapes depending on the client's taste.
The engine is the 125 PS Type 104.004 racing car with two four-barrel Weber carburettors that successfully competed in several rallies of the era before receiving a three-year restoration that was completed in 2009 in the Netherlands. RM Sotheby's sold it in December 2023 in California for the equivalent of £2,308,000.
Fiat Turbina (1954) - £5 million
Fiat Turbina (1954), a glimpse into the possible future of the sports car
Once the Fiat cars sold at auction are finished, there remain two marvellous Lingotto 'fuoriserie', housed in museums, but invaluable for their historical value. The first we examine is the legendary 1954 Fiat Turbina, partly based on the 8V, but with a gas turbine at the rear producing 300 PS and a speed of around 155 mph thanks also to a record Cx of 0.14.
The unique example remained a research prototype and is now part of the Automobile Museum in Turin. As with some works of art, it is not easy to put a price on the Fiat Turbina. If one day it were to be sold, it could certainly fetch a price in the region of £5 million, probably even more. Suffice it to say that a 1:5 scale model of the time is now worth almost £10,000.
Fiat Mefistofele (1924) - over £8.3 million
Fiat Mefistofele (1924), the one with the 234.98 km/h speed record
At the top of the rankings we place an authentic piece of automotive history, the Fiat Mefistofele, which in 1924 was the only Italian car to achieve the absolute land speed record: 234.98 km/h (146 mph). The car was designed and driven by Englishman Ernest Eldridge who built it from the chassis of a Fiat SB4 and added the Fiat A.12 aero engine with six in-line cylinders, 21 litres of displacement and 320 PS.
The monetary value of this car, which still 'races' and is kept in the Centro Storico Fiat in Turin, is very difficult to define due to the high historical value, but if we want to venture a price, we can assume a figure of more than €10 million or approximately £8.3 million at the current exchange rate.
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