Fiat’s groundbreaking Otto Vu commands a unique devotion among collectors today, having been built with a jewel-like V-8 engine, a Siata-fabricated chassis, and arresting factory coachwork.

Among the 114 examples built, small quantities were coachbuilt by Ghia, Vignale, and Zagato, the latter of whom created a lightweight berlinetta that went on to achieve numerous victories in the Italian Sports Car Championship.

Boasting factory competition upgrades and a uniquely configured Zagato body that makes the car a virtual one-off, this painstakingly restored and show-awarded Otto Vu is a particularly desirable example of Turin’s rare sports-racing machine.

According to a wealth of documentation, including an Auto Club d’Italia Estratto Cronologico , correspondence from Fiat Archivio Storico and Zagato, prior bills of sale, registrations, titles, the research of Strada e Corsa restorations in The Netherlands, and Tony Adriaensens’ definitive book on the 8V model, chassis number 106.000026...