Description
The Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A was among the great European luxury automobiles of the interwar period — a direct rival to Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza, powered by a 7. 4-litre inline-eight, the most powerful mass-produced straight-eight of its time. Delivered exclusively as a rolling chassis to the world's leading coachbuilders, fewer than 950 examples were produced in total.
This example is an inside-drive saloon coachbuilt by Stabilimenti Farina of Turin, with a documented and unbroken provenance. Its first owner acquired the car in Uruguay; it subsequently passed to the Italian Embassy in Montevideo, used for official diplomatic functions, before returning to Italy in 1971. At that point it underwent a comprehensive restoration — bodywork by Boano in Rome, interior by Cesari, mechanical overhaul by Campidoglio Motori — addressing every detail including the original wood marquetry, period instrumentation, and factory tyre inflation system. In private Italian collection ownership since 1989.
