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F1406AB31465Dutch registration certificateVehicle sold without a roadworthiness test“Look no further for the ultimate sporty city car – it’s right here before your eyes…” This 1984 Sbarro Super Eight is a one-off model, designed by the Swiss manufacturer and designer Franco Sbarro.

He began designing his own cars whilst working as chief mechanic for Scuderia Filipinetti, which he left in 1968 to set up his own workshop, the Atelier de Construction Automobile, in Grandson, Switzerland.

Sbarro’s projects included converting Ford GT40 and Lola T70 racing cars into road-going versions, building various replicas, as well as several bespoke creations and styling studies.

The Super Eight was derived from the 1982 Super Twelve. It was created with the support of the industrialist Bernd Grohe, to whom it was delivered after being exhibited at the 1984 Geneva Motor Show.

Acquired by its next owner from the Sbarro Museum, it subsequently formed part of a Swiss collection before j...