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Designed by Michelotti, the Orchidea was built by Vignale and was based on the Fiat 1400. Vignale also offered a Cabriolet Version.
The first car to win recognition for Vignale was the Fiat 1400 Orchidea. At the Venice concours d’elegance it won the category prize. Designed by Michelotti, its not clear how many are still in existence.
The story of Carrozzeria Vignale represents one of the many somewhat forgotten success stories born against the backdrop of an Italy that was torn apart by the Second World War and which, starting from the end of the 1950s, was able to recover enough to know a real miracle. economical just a few years later.
