It is undeniable that the 1950s are called the world's automotive heyday, this can be seen from there're so many beautiful vehicle designs born by the skilled hands of automotive designers and engineers like a maestro with his expertise to make dreams and inspirations into one of the masterpieces, which's not only beautiful, unique, futuristic or even perhaps strange according to the public view at that time.
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1954 Fiat 8V 'Demon Rouge' Coupe re-bodied by Vignale and designed by Giovanni Michelotti. (Picture from: https://bit.ly/33itq4r) |
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1954 Fiat 8V 'Demon Rouge' Coupe by Vignale and designed by Giovanni Michelotti. (Picture from: https://bit.ly/3id7prS) |
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1954 Fiat 8V 'Demon Rouge' Coupe by Vignale and designed by Giovanni Michelotti. (Picture from: https://bit.ly/3id7prS) |
At the time, Vignale offered various bodies for the 8V, such as five coupes, one spider, and one coupe Corsa were built. As one of the last models, the aggressive-looking Fiat 8V 'Demon Rouge' was presented in 1954. And today, certainly, there's no such car ever made by them anymore. It becoming rare and be one of the most sought-after cars in the world.
As we've been seeing on the internet through many sites like coachbuild.com, carstyling.ru, jalopnik.com, and others, we haven't found yet a car that can considerably be said is more unique and strange than this wonderful car that's full of a nice blend of '50s styling cues. There're distinctive fins, wraparound front and rear windows, two-tone paint, inset front headlights, and a chrome strip or two.
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1954 Fiat 8V 'Demon Rouge' Coupe re-bodied by Vignale and designed by Giovanni Michelotti. (Picture from: https://bit.ly/33itq4r) |
The 8V 'Demon Rouge' sports car had many achievements, such as in 1955 the design won the first prize in the 'Coppa Campione d'Italia' Concours d'Elegance. Nearly fifty years later, in 2004, the car won the 'Best of Show' prize at the Concours d'Elegance at palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, the most prestigious motorcar event in the Netherlands.
But surely you can think of a coach-built car that's wackier than this. What's the weirdest custom cars you've ever seen? *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | COACHBUILD.COM | CARSTYLING.RU | JALOPNIK.COM | HISTORICAUTOPRO.COM]
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