1959 Fiat-OSCA 1500 Aerodynamica Berlinetta by Bertone

Offered by Bonhams | Newport, Rhode Island | October 2024

The Maserati brothers founded OSCA in 1947 and went on to build sports cars and prototypes. But the secret sauce was their tiny little four-cylinder engine, which Fiat would end up using under license. You could get a Fiat 1500 with an OSCA engine. They built just under 3,100 configured as such.

Most of them wore pretty typical-looking bodies (for the period) from Pininfarina. But because this was Italy in the 1950s, there was always the option of coachbuilding. In this case, Franco Scaglione penned the design, with Bertone carrying out the construction. Only two cars were ever fitted with this body, and this was the only one with an OSCA engine.

The 1.5-liter inline-four was capable of 104 horsepower, and this car is freshly restored. It now has an estimate of $400,000-$500,000. More info can be found here.