The Diatto Ottovù Zagato is an upcoming sports car

Sports car

A sports car is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for high speed driving and maneuverability....

 designed and built by Milanese coachbuilder

Coachbuilder

A coachbuilder is a manufacturer of bodies for carriages or automobiles.The trade dates back several centuries. Rippon was active in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, Barker founded in 1710 by an officer in Queen Anne's Guards, Brewster a relative newcomer , formed in 1810. Others in Britain included...

 Carrozzeria Zagato

Zagato

Zagato is a design consultancy and engineering services company situated just outside Milan, Italy.The company's premises occupy an area of , of which are covered....

 for two of its clients. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the Diatto

Diatto

Diatto was an Italian car maker founded in 1905 in Turin but its history started 175 years ago.1835-The year the company is founded.- In 1835, in Turin, on the banks of the river Po, Guglielmo Diatto founds a workshop for the construction of carriages for nobility.- The Diatto “Manifattura di...

 brand, the car made its official public debut at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show.

Back in 1921, Ugo Zagato

Ugo Zagato

Ugo Zagato was an Italian automobile designer, known for establishing and running the Zagato coachbuilder, famous for its lightweight designs....

 designed a lightweight and aerodynamic body for the Diatto 25 4DS chassis

Chassis

A chassis consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame with the wheels and machinery.- Vehicles :In the case of vehicles, the term chassis means the...

. Created in 1835 with a Perfected Wheel patent

Patent

A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....

, Diatto made their first car in 1905 and often crossed paths with Zagato in their close collaboration with Ettore Bugatti

Ettore Bugatti

right|thumb|Ettore Bugatti in 1932Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti was an Italian-born and French naturalized citizen automobile designer and manufacturer....

, the Maserati

Maserati

Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters is now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...

 brothers and Tazio Nuvolari

Tazio Nuvolari

Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari was an Italian motorcycle and racecar driver, known as Il Mantovano Volante or Nivola. He was the 1932 European Champion in Grand Prix motor racing...

.

The word "Ottovù" incidentally means "V8" in Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

. A clear indication of the engine powering this vehicle and show of the car's sporting intent.

External links

• Diatto Official Website
• Zagato Official Website
• Diatto Ottovu Zagato set for Geneva debut Autoblog
• Zagato reveals Diatto Ottovù Zagato
• Diatto Ottovù Zagato headed for Geneva Left Lane News
• Diatto Ottovù Zagato Autoblog Italian
• Diatto Ottovù Zagato se prepara para debut en Ginebra Autoblog en Espanol
• Diatto Ottovu Zagato: feltámad a múlt Total Car
• Diatto by Zagato: Ottovù Project a Ginevra Virtual Car