The Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Landaulet (convertible) was a luxury car made by the Italian manufacturer Isotta Fraschini. It was the successor to the Tipo 8 model, with a new 7.3-litre straight-eight engine to replace the 5.9-litre unit used in the previous model. This new engine could produce 115–160 metric horsepower (85–118 kW). This was the most powerful mass-produced straight-8 engine in the world at that time. The transmission was a three-speed manual. The Tipo 8A was offered only with bare chassis and an engine for the coachbuilders.

The characteristic car body was made by Swiss manufacturer Carrosserie Worblaufen. Around one-third of these cars were sold in the United States. With the growth of the wealthy middle class in North America in the 1920s, Isotta Fraschini marketed deluxe limousines to the new American aristocracy. A 1929 landaulet limousine version of the car with "Coupe de Ville" bodywork by Castagna of Milan, is featured in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard.

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