Footage of OSCA 0036 1600 GTS Zagato from 1962 Le Mans - A Car Now For Sale at The Classic Motor Hub

This footage shows the fantastic OSCA 1600 GTS Zagato in the pits at Le Mans in 1962. This highly-experimental car raced alongside Ferrari 250 GTOs, E-Types and many more exotic racers, and has some incredible racing pedigree. We are very priveliged to reveal that the car is now offered for sale at The Classic Motor Hub. In 1937 the Orsi family purchased the controlling stake in the struggling Maserati motor company. The design genius of Ernesto, Ettore and Bindo Maserati sadly didn’t extend to management of a successful motor company and in the post war years, the Orsi management pushed for the brothers to design profit generating GT cars, much to the distaste of the Maserati fratelli. As such, when their contract ended in 1947, the brothers gathered their tools and walked out of the company that bore their name and formed O.S.C.A. with their hearts and sights set on building lightweight, fast, racing cars. Following on from the success of the legendary MT-4, the OSCA 1600 GT Zagato took the best of the MT-4’s racing pedigree and included it in an agile and stylish coupé. The 1600 GT was announced at the Turin Motor Show of 1960 The car was tested by Ludovico Scarfiotti (Auto Italiana Sport, February 1, 1961), receiving rave reviews but only entered competition in 1962 due to wrangling over homologation requirements for racing. The specially designed tubular chassis was constructed at the OSCA factory and most examples featured independent suspension front and rear. This car, chassis 0036 however, was prepared by the OSCA Factory specifically as an experimental prototype for Le Mans, featuring unique flat-topped coachwork by Zagato, a live rear axle (Ponte Rigido) as a more robust alternative specifically for endurance racing and is one of the very few examples of the GTS version. O.S.C.A built just 128 of the 1600 GTs of which 98 were the more desirable Zagato bodied version but there is just one twin-plug, flat topped, live rear axle version making the car one of OSCA’s rarest and finest creations. Now available for immediate inspection and sale at The Classic Motor Hub. Contact Us if you’d like to arrange a viewing.

Added 21 Aug 2026