1952 Fiat 8VZ (Zagato)

The most important supplier of alternative bodywork for the 8V was Carozzeria Zagato. Zagato bought 32 complete 8V chassis from Fiat; four of those already had some portions of the original bodywork installed. These were modified with an aluminum roof and revised windows which were appended to the face-lifted lower steel bodywork. The cars which received this treatment became known as "Elaborata Zagato".

В 1950-е годы Загато была разработана одна из лучших моделей GT — FIAT 8V Zagato, на котором в 1955 Элио Загато выиграл гонки AVUS в Берлине. Именно в те годы был сформировался фирменный стиль нового поколения Zagato: пузыреобразная, выпуклая крыша («двойной пузырь») и усеченная хвостовая часть автомобиля.