Solved: Wendax 1344 - Steyr 2000 Ghia

[Wendax]

Elegance on wheels and heels.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

[Allemano]

[Wendax]

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[oko94]

1953 Fiat 1900 by Ghia, designed by Virgil Exner Jr

[Wendax]

Remember, this is AutoPuzzles, where things rarely are what they seem to be.
You are quite close, but it is not a Fiat.

[oko94]

Found it as a 1953 Steyr 2000 by Ghia

[Wendax]

Yes, that's the one. Steyr equipped Fiat 1900 with their own powerful two-litre engine and marketed them as Steyr 2000.

Well done, one more point for you.

[oko94]

Thanks ! When I answered first I indeed thought that this puzzle was a bit too easy. I should follow my instinct more often !

[als15]

Are you sure? The car is without license plate and looks at one of the usual concourse d'elegance, most probably in Italy.

[Wendax]

I'll have a look at the original picture tonight.

[Wendax]

The emblem above the grille looks circular like the Steyr badge to me. Furtheron I took it from an Austrian source where it was described as a Steyr.

[Bill Murray]

Another view.

Bill

[grobmotorix]

Another 1953 photo:

[Wendax]

 

[grobmotorix]

And a second photo (with a Fiat 1400 display in the foreground):

[galrot]

Are there two different cars or is it the same car that have gone through updates?

[grobmotorix]

The car on Bill´s photo has a two-tone paintjob and seems to lack the additional lower front lights - however I think it should be the same car.

[grobmotorix]

What do you think?
Is it also a Steyr 2000 Ghia?
This car was on display in Bruxelles in 1954: