Equipment
1996/110hp V8, 5-speed (original 4-speed included), chrome spoke Borrani wire wheels, Michelin tires, Marchal grille-mounted driving lights, Plexiglas side windows, double bubble roofline, lightweight bumpers.
Condition
Raced when new (after the Elaborata treatment by Zagato) by Anna Maria Peduzzi, then sold to Jean-Claude Arifon and raced at Montlhery and the Rallye des Forets. Restored in 2001 for Scott Gauthier by Tillack & Company with the current more typical 8V Elaborata nose design. Second in class at Pebble Beach in 2002 and completed the Colorado Grand. Restored again since 2011 and represented to have its original engine, it is today better than new.
Market commentary
Sold for $1,127,500 by Gooding at Pebble Beach in 2011 in better than new condition, offered by Bonhams at Scottsdale in 2016 with a reported high bid of $1.7 million after the most recent restoration, the result here is sound, but hardly compensation for all that has been spent on this 8V in the past decade. The auction company and the seller got real in this transaction and the buyer got full value for money.