{"id":35913,"date":"2014-05-16T14:14:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T13:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=35913"},"modified":"2022-06-22T14:48:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T13:48:20","slug":"fiat-siata-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/fiat-siata-coupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiat-Siata Coup\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

This little beauty is typical of the bijou Fiats of the 1950s<\/strong> – cars that look more and more appealing as prices of the more glamorous marques outstrips all financial reality.<\/p>\n

Not that this 1952 Fiat- Siata 1500 Coup\u00e9 special will go for chump change.<\/p>\n

Apparently based on an earlier coup\u00e9 version of Fiat\u2019s big selling 1400, this car has an interesting history. It\u2019s selling at RM\u2019s forthcoming Monterey auction – and was originally shipped over by a US soldier who had been stationed in Italy.<\/p>\n

\"Fiat-Siata-2\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

And a man of great taste, said serviceman obviously was.<\/p>\n

The Siata brand was kind of a tuning company that worked with Fiat in the postwar years – and eventually began bringing their own branded cars to market – the firm went bust in the early seventies, apparently – and it\u2019s one of those brand whose very essence is cool.<\/p>\n

The Logo is really nice too.<\/p>\n

\"150px-Logo_siata\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

Squint and this lovely motor brings to mind Ferrari\u2019s 250 SWB and a rat of other fast backed glamour pusses like the staggeringly beautiful Maserati A6 series.<\/p>\n

And in a way, this sought of Fiat-branded rarity is cooler than those multi-million dollar indulgences.<\/p>\n

Your correspondent, would, dear reader, still have to flog a vital organ to get it in his garage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t