Fiat 8V

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The Fiat 8V is a rare, high-performance Italian sports car from the early 1950s, renowned for its advanced V8 engine, lightweight design, and success in sports car racing.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fiat 8V canonical 1
Fiat 8V (special-bodied versions) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf racing car ⓘ
road car ⓘ
sports car ⓘ
alternativeName Fiat Otto Vu ⓘ
approximateProductionNumber around 114 units ⓘ
bodyStyle 2-door coupé ⓘ
Berlinetta ⓘ
brakeType drum brakes ⓘ
category 1950s sports cars ⓘ
Fiat vehicles ⓘ
rear-wheel-drive vehicles ⓘ
chassisType tubular steel frame ⓘ
coachbuilder Carrozzeria Zagato ⓘ
linked to: Zagato

Fiat (factory-bodied versions) ⓘ
Ghia ⓘ
Pinin Farina (one-off or very limited specials) ⓘ
Vignale ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
cylinderCount 8 ⓘ
designer Dante Giacosa ⓘ
engineConfiguration V8 ⓘ
engineDisplacement 1996 cc ⓘ
2.0 L ⓘ
enginePowerOutput approximately 105 hp ⓘ
up to about 127 hp in later versions ⓘ
fuelType petrol ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered highly collectible by classic car enthusiasts ⓘ
one of the few V8-powered Fiats ever produced ⓘ
internalCode Tipo 106 ⓘ
layout front-engine ⓘ
rear-wheel-drive ⓘ
manufacturer Fiat ⓘ
marketPosition high-performance sports car ⓘ
notableFor advanced V8 engine for its time ⓘ
independent suspension on all four wheels ⓘ
lightweight construction ⓘ
success in sports car racing ⓘ
productionEndYear 1954 ⓘ
productionPeriod early 1950s ⓘ
productionStartYear 1952 ⓘ
racingCategory GT racing ⓘ
racingUse Italian sports car championships ⓘ
rarity low production numbers ⓘ
suspensionTypeFront independent suspension ⓘ
topSpeed around 118 mph ⓘ
around 190 km/h ⓘ
transmission 4-speed manual ⓘ
valvetrain OHV ⓘ
weightClass lightweight sports car ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vignale → designedForModel → Fiat 8V (special-bodied versions) ⓘ
linked to: Fiat 8V