An extremely rare Stabilimenti Farina coachbuilt example.

Registration: Un-Reg Chassis: 1500D045040 Odometer: 45,178Transmission: N/A MOT: Exempt

Understood to have been purchased by film director Roberto Rossellini for Ingrid Bergman
An important and extremely rare Stabilimenti Farina coachbuilt example
Correspondence from the ‘FIAT Historical Center, Turin’ on file





Summer 1950.

The glittering Tyrrhenian coast, a pale ribbon of dust and sun-warmed asphalt seeming to breathe in the heat of the afternoon.

Near the coastal town of Santa Marinella, with the scent of oleander on the breeze and the shadows of sun-parched cedars all around, you catch a glimpse of a headscarf framing familiar cheekbones and a porcelain complexion behind the wheel of a passing convertible.

Could it be the Swedish-born Hollywood star of Casablanca, Ingrid Bergman? Well, you have just passed the villa retreat she shares with renowned Italian director Roberto Rossellini, the place where they would spe...