Fiat Fiat 2800

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The Fiat 2800 is model of car produced by Italian car manufacturer Fiat between 1938 and 1944. While taking up the stylistic innovations of the 1500 C, the 2800 was the last substantially new model to come out of the Fiat factories before the outbreak of the Second World War. It is said that its design was proposed to the top management of Fiat by Benito Mussolini, who wanted a flagship to contrast with the Mercedes-Benz of the time. Six cars were built in a six- to seven-seater torpedo version by the Farina factories; they became part of the garage of the Royal House at the Quirinal Palace, becoming the representative cars in use by the royal family and, in the post-war period, by the first presidents of the Republic. The same body shop also built a seventh example, a special military tor…

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