Isotta Fraschini T8 1996

[grobmotorix]

what that?

[Tifosi]

I dunno, but I want one...


Dan

[rchirnom]

some kind of custom Skoda?

[grobmotorix]

rchirnom:

The only thing I can say about your Skoda guess:

"How to make an Italian cry" (in memoriam of shelby 350 GT´s19 60s ad campaign)

[JR]

It looks like the Isotta-Fraschini T8. A T12 was also made but the details on this one suggest a T8.

JR

[grobmotorix]

This is it!

1996 prototype of the T8 Isotta Fraschini.

It was based on Audi´s A8 Limousine with a shortened chassis.

But, of  course it did lack the charisma of the original Isottas and pointed to another market.

The project failed, like so many others...

[rchirnom]

Interesting.  Well, my guess may make Italians cry, but in a way, I was not too far off:  By 1996, VW, Audi and Skoda were all under the same corporate tent.  Perhaps some common parts in there?....

[grobmotorix]

Nobody can deny the parallels in current Skoda design and this one, of course.

But that is just another reason why it had never been produced

[MG]

If you travel from this thread over to the Picture This #2 which has been lying about unused and unloved for weeks now, you will have a significant advantage over all the others.      (HINT, HINT, HINT)

[Paul Jaray]

Here's the Audi-powered one:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=7197.0
..and here's the T12:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=26170.0