- Extremely rare model

- Completely restored to a high standard

- Original design by Pietro Frua

- No reserve

With just 300 examples built, this car is genuinely rare, as well as being truly novel, both historically and technically. Taking its name from the Glas family, known after the war for its Goggomobil microcars, which competed with the Messerschmitt KR 200 and BMW Isetta, the Dingolfing-based company entered the market in the 1960s for upmarket coupés capable of eating up the miles on motorways at high speed. And so the Glas V8 came about, with a 2.6-litre engine with one overhead camshaft for each bank of cylinders developing 150bhp. For the bodywork, Hans Glas turned to Pietro Frua, thus explaining the resemblance between the Glas V8 and the Maserati Quattroporte, also designed by Frua. Glas’ financial difficulties, however, led to the company being bought in 1966 by BMW, who duly attached its badge to the bonnet of the 2600 V8.

First registered in 1968, this car had only two owners, according to copies of its Spanish registration documents, before Neuser (who acquired it in 2021) and was part of the Spanish collection of Antoni Riba, with the registration number B-629870. It was in well-preserved original condition when it underwent a complete restoration to a very high standard. Nothing was left to chance and the results are most impressive: the bodywork is superb and the wheel trims and accessories, including the P. Frua badge on the rear pillar, are in perfect condition. The interior is just as good, with completely reupholstered seats in beige leather, a magnificent dashboard with seven gauges and a Skreibson radio behind the big wood-rimmed steering wheel. The work carried out is documented by hundreds of photographs on a USB key supplied with the car, which has covered only 1670km or so since its restoration.

Rare and in exceptional condition, this Glas V8 is sure to appeal to enthusiasts of unusual cars, which bear witness to the diversity of the German automotive landscape of the 1960s.