Hitler’s car for sale!

Nazi limo goes under the hammer this month. Fuhrer buttock-indents clearly visible

Posted by: Sam Philip, 11 May 2009

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1939 Fiat 2800

OK, we're being a bit sensationalist with that headline. This isn't Hitler's car, exactly. Not least because, presumably, he'd have been a shoddy with the repayments after April 1945. But it's the car that supported the disarmingly Nazi buttocks of no one's favourite Fuhrer on several occasions. And it's up for auction.

It is, to be precise, the 1939 Fiat 2800 used by the king of Italy to transport such pleasant dignitaries as Hitler, Benito Mussolini and General Franco during the early 1940s.

The Torpedo is being put up for auction by Coys, and is expected to fetch more than £250,000. That hefty price tag is partly because of the Hitler Effect (a frankly awful name for a thrash metal band, incidentally), but also the Fiat's rarity: just 12 Torpedos were ever built in the convertible ‘drophead' style, of which no more than half are believed to survive today.

The Fiat 2800 was introduced in 1938 and targeted at the, er, European elite of the period. Just 624 cars were built before production ceased in 1943 (some sort of big war, apparently?), all of which were powered by a 2.9-litre V6 putting out a heady 85bhp.

If this is the centrepiece that your shiny collection of deeply disturbing Nazi memorabilia needs, head on over to Monaco on May 18.

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AshHorne commented on this article

at 11:40 am on 11 May 2009

Is it wrong that I want it to be bought by a drifting enthusiast and watch it go sideways everywhere like a touring car-spec 1950's Jag? It's what Hitler would have wanted if he were alive today. :)

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tr226 commented on this article

at 12:47 pm on 11 May 2009

£2000 scrappage money, anyone?

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Mikeado commented on this article

at 02:25 pm on 11 May 2009

Ein Reich, eine Leute, Ein Auto!! Well, not Ein Auto, exactly. His actual own car was some huge Mercedes. Surely that belongs in a museum, as a reason not to buy 4-Seat cabrios?

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LeBonkers commented on this article

at 02:40 pm on 11 May 2009

I wonder if he has some kind of sports car, some Merc perhaps? Being a German and all...

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Takk commented on this article

at 07:22 pm on 11 May 2009

Hitler in a Fiat? Yeah right. I've seen pigs fly. Well, actually I just saw a pic of the Floyd pig on the loose in '78, but heigh ho. Still, not very credible.

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